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Ningkianites

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ningkianites was named by Lu (1975). Its type is Ningkianites ningkianensis.

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
N. ningkianensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Ningkianites Lu
2002Ningkianites Jell and Adrain p. 411

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusNingkianitesLu 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.

G. †Ningkianites Lu 1975
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dapingian to the top of the Arenigian or 470.00000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Shaanxi) N. insculpta (116177 116178 116180 116181 116195 192939) N. sp. (116182 116184 116185 116186 116187 116188 116189)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3Iran N. sp. (116505)