Psychopyge

Psychopyge
Temporal range:
Psychopyge elegans
Psychopyge termierorum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Phacopida
Family: †Acastidae
Genus: †Psychopyge
Termier & Termier, 1950
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 trilobites, 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.

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