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Balangia

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Balangia was named by Chien (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 463]. Its type is Balangia balangensis.

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

Species
B. balangensis (type species)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Hopkins on 2026-01-19

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
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusBalangia

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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Balangia balangensis Chien 1961
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, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Stage 4 or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Series 2521.0 - 506.5China (Guizhou) B. balangensis (277022)
Stage 4514.5 - 506.5China (Hunan) B. balangensis (277901)