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Tingocephalus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae

Taxonomy
Tingocephalus was named by Sun (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Tingocephalus Sun
2002Tingocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 453
2002Tingocephalus 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
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyKaolishaniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusTingocephalusSun 1935

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. †Tingocephalus Sun 1935
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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 06:29:56
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:29:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available