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Carolinites ichangensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Carolinites ichangensis was named by Lu (1975). Its type specimen is NI 16411, a cephalon/head (crandium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Carolinites ichangensis Lu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusCarolinitesKobayashi 1940
speciesichangensisLu 1975

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
Adult height: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:01:31
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:14:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Floian or 478.60000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Iran Carolinites ichangensis (66868)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Xinjiang) Carolinites ichangensis (170837 170838)