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Balangia

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Balangia was named by Chien (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 463]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Balangia Chien
2002Balangia Jell and Adrain p. 347
2002Balangia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusBalangiaChien 1961

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. †Balangia Chien 1961
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available