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Linguchuangia

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Linguchuangia was named by Zhang (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR83]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Linguchuangia Zhang
2002Linguchuangia Jell and Adrain p. 398
2002Linguchuangia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusLinguchuangiaZhang 1983

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. †Linguchuangia Zhang 1983
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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 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available