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Rhombampyx

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Rhombampyx was named by Fortey (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llde-l Sepkoski's reference number: 381]. Its type is Rhombampyx rhombos.

It was assigned to Raphiophoridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Raphiophorinae by Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Rhombampyx Fortey p. 82
2002Rhombampyx Jell and Adrain p. 440
2002Rhombampyx Sepkoski
2019Rhombampyx Zhou and Zhou p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusRhombampyx

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. †Rhombampyx Fortey 1975
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Rhombampyx chinensis Weller 1913
Rhombampyx glaber Poulsen 1965
Rhombampyx rhombos Fortey 1975
Rhombampyx tragula Fortey 1975
Rhombampyx yii Lu 1965
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 12:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Whiterockian or 475.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hubei) R. chinensis (221197 221198 221199) R. yii (203694 203695)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina R. sp. (8777)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) R. yii (116201 116202)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Shaanxi) R. yii (116182)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (California) R. sp. (40732)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China (Hubei) R. yii (116200 221219 221220 221221 221223 221225)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden (Bornholm) R. glaber (173564 173600 173625 173626)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) R. rhombos (106480) R. tragula (106478)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Kazakhstan R. sp. (275749)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Guizhou) R. yii (188421 188425)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) R. sp. (188338 188351 188360)