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Teinistion tangshihlingensis

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Teinistion tangshihlingensis was named by Chu (1959). It is not extant. Its type locality is Danshiling, Yantai, bed 1, which is in a Guzhangian marine shale in the Kushan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Teinistion tangshihlingensis Chu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusTeinistionMonke 1905
speciestangshihlingensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 08:58:54
Modified: 2009-02-25 11:00:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Liaoning) Teinistion tangshihlingensis (type locality: 126903)