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Chengkouidae

Artiopoda - Corynexochida

Taxonomy
Chengkouidae was named by Zhu (1980).

It was assigned to Corynexochidacea by Landing et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Chengkouidae Zhu
2008Chengkouidae Landing et al. p. 896

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
superfamilyCorynexochidaceaAngelin 1854
genusChengkouidaeZhu 1980

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. †Chengkouidae Zhu 1980
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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: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: nektobenthicsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Created: 2009-09-21 20:19:25
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:19:25
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available