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Cilia

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Cilia was named by Peng (1992). It is not extant. Its type is Cilia plectrifera.

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

Species
C. plectrifera (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cilia Peng
2002Cilia Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusCilia

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. †Cilia Peng 1992
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†Cilia plectrifera Peng 1992
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Niuchehean or 491.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) C. plectrifera (107329)