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Monanocephalus maopoensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia maopoensis was named by Reed (1910). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Xingrenaspis maopoensis by Jell and Hughes (1997); it was recombined as Monanocephalus maopoensis by Peng et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Ptychoparia maopoensis Reed
1997Xingrenaspis maopoensis Jell and Hughes
2009Monanocephalus maopoensis Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusMonanocephalus
speciesmaopoensis(Reed 1910)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: St Davids or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0India Monanocephalus maopoensis (116463)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Ptychoparia maopoensis (46494)