Anisopyge
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| Anisopyge | |
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| A. perannulata fossil fragments | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Phillipsiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Ditomopyginae |
| Genus: | †Anisopyge Girty, 1909 |
Anisopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the order Proetida and family Phillipsiidae.[2] Specimens have been found in Permian beds in North and Central America.[3][4]
The genus was among the last surviving trilobite groups. It may have evolved from Sevillea, diversifying to fill empty ecological niches.[4]
