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Yinites

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Yinitidae

Taxonomy
Yinites was named by Lu (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Sepkoski's reference number: 463,464]. It is not extant. Its type is Yinites typicalis. It is the type genus of Yinitidae.

It was assigned to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Yinitidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Yinites Lu
2002Yinites Jell and Adrain p. 481
2002Yinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyYinitidaeHupé 1953
genusYinitesLu 1946

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. †Yinites Lu 1946
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Yinites elongatus Zhao and Huang 1981
Yinites fuquanensis Zhao and Huang 1981
Yinites typicalis Lu 1946
Yinites wanshougongensis Zhang et al. 1980
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Guizhou) Y. elongatus, Y. fuquanensis (127444) Y. guizhouensis, Y. sp., Y. elongatus (127336) Y. guizhouensis, Y. sp., Y. typicalis, Y. wanshougongensis (127338)