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Penchiopsis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Penchiopsis was named by Lu (1976). It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Penchiopsis Lu
2002Penchiopsis Jell and Adrain p. 423

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPenchiopsisLu 1976

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. †Penchiopsis Lu 1976
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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 Tremadoc to the top of the Bendigonian or 486.40000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Liaoning Provence) P. yinzensis (157255 157256)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Heibei Provence) P. yinzensis (157270)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiLin) P. sp. (21144)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Jilin Provence) P. yinzensis (157247)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) P. sp. (157151)