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Paramgaspis guizhouensis

Trilobita - Amgaspididae

Taxonomy
Paramgaspis guizhouensis was named by Yuan et al. (1997). It is not extant. Its type locality is Balang, 15, which is in a Taijangian slope mudstone in the Kaili Formation of China. It is the type species of Paramgaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Paramgaspis guizhouensis Yuan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAmgaspididaeChernysheva 1960
genusParamgaspis
speciesguizhouensis

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.

†Paramgaspis guizhouensis Yuan et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-02-08 02:18:11
Modified: 2010-02-08 04:18:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Paramgaspis guizhouensis (type locality: 125197)