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Metabalangia
Taxonomy
Metabalangia was named by Zhang et al. (1980). It is not extant. Its type is Metabalangia yupingensis.
It was assigned to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species
M. yupingensis (syn. M. transversa) (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Metabalangia Zhang et al. |
| 2002 | Metabalangia Jell and Adrain |
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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. †Metabalangia Zhang et al. 1980
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†Metabalangia yupingensis Zhang et al. 1980
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Invalid names: Metabalangia transversa Zhao and Yuan 2002 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Taijangian or 506.50000 to 504.50000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Duyunian - Taijangian | China (Guizhou) | M. yupingensis (107169) | |
| Taijangian | China (Guizhou) | M. transversa (235428) M. yupingensis (127963 128099 128115 128255) |