Phacopida

Psychopyge termierorum

Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Acastoidea / Family Acastidae / Subfamily Asteropyginae

Emsian (Early Devonian)Morocco
Psychopyge termierorum — photo 1
Photo 1 · Compared with the type species: the base of the cephalic protuberance is not constricted, the whole is more slender and long, slightly constricted medially, with the front possibly bent. Pygidial axis with 21 rings; anterior four pairs of pleural segments with vertical spinules. Holotype (Morocco; Morzadec 2001) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Morocco; Li Nan)
Psychopyge termierorum — photo 2
Photo 2 · Compared with the type species: the base of the cephalic protuberance is not constricted, the whole is more slender and long, slightly constricted medially, with the front possibly bent. Pygidial axis with 21 rings; anterior four pairs of pleural segments with vertical spinules. Holotype (Morocco; Morzadec 2001) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Morocco; Li Nan)
Psychopyge termierorum — photo 3
Photo 3 · Compared with the type species: the base of the cephalic protuberance is not constricted, the whole is more slender and long, slightly constricted medially, with the front possibly bent. Pygidial axis with 21 rings; anterior four pairs of pleural segments with vertical spinules. Holotype (Morocco; Morzadec 2001) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Morocco; Li Nan)
Psychopyge termierorum — photo 4
Photo 4 · Compared with the type species: the base of the cephalic protuberance is not constricted, the whole is more slender and long, slightly constricted medially, with the front possibly bent. Pygidial axis with 21 rings; anterior four pairs of pleural segments with vertical spinules. Holotype (Morocco; Morzadec 2001) Complete dorsal exoskeleton (Morocco; Li Nan)
Classification
Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Acastoidea / Family Acastidae / Subfamily Asteropyginae
Genus
Psychopyge Termier & Termier, 1950
Genus author
Termier G. & Termier H.
Genus etymology
psych-, Greek, spirit, mind; pyge, Greek, tail
Species
P. termierorum Morzadec, 2001
Species author
Morzadec P.
Species etymology
Termier, in honour of G. and H. Termier, the authors of the genus
Age
Emsian (Early Devonian)
Distribution
Morocco