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Danzhaiaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Danzhaiaspis was named by Zhang et al. (1980). It is not extant. Its type is Danzhaiaspis quadratus.

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

Species
D. daopingensis, D. quadratus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Danzhaiaspis Zhang et al.
2002Danzhaiaspis Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusDanzhaiaspis

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. †Danzhaiaspis Zhang et al. 1980
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Danzhaiaspis daopingensis Zhao and Huang 1981
Danzhaiaspis quadratus Zhang et al. 1980
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian - Taijangian514.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) D. quadratus (107162)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) D. daopingensis (127442) D. elongatus (235428) D. quadratus (128092 128093 128099 128100 128114 128115 128118 128119 128120 128251 128252 128253 128254 128255 128256 128259 128260 128261 128262 128263 128264)