Ditomopyge | |
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Ditomopyge decurtata fossil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | † Artiopoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Proetida |
Family: | † Phillipsiidae |
Subfamily: | † Ditomopyginae |
Genus: | † Ditomopyge |
Species | |
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Ditomopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the family Proetidae. [1] It was extant during the Carboniferous and Permian [2] [3] and is widely distributed, with fossils found in Europe, [4] [5] southwest Asia, [6] southeast Asia, [3] Australia, [7] North America, [8] [9] [2] [10] and South America. [11]