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Porterfieldia sinensis

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Triarthrus sinensis was named by Chang and Fan (1965). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Porterfieldia sinensis by Ludvigsen and Tuffnell (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Triarthrus sinensis Chang and Fan
1983Porterfieldia sinensis Ludvigsen and Tuffnell p. 573

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOleninaeBurmeister 1843
genusPorterfieldia
speciessinensis(Chang and Fan 1965)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Porterfieldia sinensis Chang and Fan 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-03 04:54:55
Modified: 2010-01-03 06:54:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Xinjiang) Porterfieldia sinensis (188333 188334)