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Nangaops

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

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

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

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

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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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusNangaops

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. †Nangaops Zhang et al. 1980
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Nangaops brevicus Zhang et al. 1980
Nangaops danzhaiensis Zhou 1974
Nangaops elongatus Zhang et al. 1980
Nangaops nangaoensis 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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Taijangian or 514.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Hubei) N. elongatus (128044)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) N. brevicus (125150 125153) N. brevis (128272 235431) N. danzhaiensis (125154 125155 125157 128072 128073 128074 128075 128076 128077 128078 128079 128080 128081 128082 128083 128084 128086 128087 128088 128089 128090) N. danzhaiensis, N. brevicus (125156 125158) N. sp. (125148 125149)
Duyunian - Taijangian514.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) N. elongatus, N. nangaoensis (107153)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) N. sp. (125159)