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Kanfuqingia malongensis

Artiopoda

Taxonomy
Kanfuqingia malongensis was named by Luo et al. (2008) [housed at the Yunnan Geological Survey]. Its type specimen is Mhk-4-17 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Kanfuqingia.

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by A. Lin on 2009-07-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Kanfuqingia malongensis Luo et al. p. 12 figs. pl. 17, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
genusKanfuqingia
speciesmalongensis

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.

Kanfuqingia malongensis Luo et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-L. Luo et al. 2008same as for the genus
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
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available