Psychopyge

Psychopyge
Temporal range: Upper Emsian
Psychopyge elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Suborder:
Phacopina
Superfamily:
Acastoidea
Family:
Acastidae
Subfamily:
Asteropyginae
Genus:
Psychopyge

Termier & Termier, 1950[1]
Species
  • P. angeles Basse & Müller, 2016
  • P. elegans Termier & Termier, 1950 (type)
  • P. hammerorum Chatterton et al., 2006
  • P. praestans Morzadec, 2001
  • P. psyche Basse, 2003
  • P. termierorum Morzadec, 2001

Psychopyge is a genus of trilobite, that lived during the upper Emsian (or Lower Devonian) and has been found in Germany (P. psyche) and Morocco. It is characterized by the swordlike extension from the front of the head.

  1. ^ Bignon, Arnaud; Crônier, Catherine (2013). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Devonian subfamily Asteropyginae (Trilobita: Phacopida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 12 (6): 1–32. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.804008. hdl:11336/32076. S2CID 85891013.