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Taklamakania

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Taklamakania was named by Zhang (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u O Ashg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 862]. It is not extant. Its type is Taklamakania tarimensis.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Taklamakania Zhang
1981Xinjiangia Zhang
2002Xinjiangia Jell and Adrain p. 461
2002Taklamakania Sepkoski

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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
genusTaklamakaniaZhang 1980

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. †Taklamakania Zhang 1980
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Taklamakania paucisegmentatus Wei et al. 2023
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Invalid names: Ampyx (Parampyx) nanjiangensis Zhang 1981 [synonym]
Invalid names: Xinjiangia Zhang 1981 [synonym]
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 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Kralodvorian or 468.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) T. xinjiangensis (188324 188336)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) T. xinjiangensis (188342 188343 188344 188345)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (XinJiang) Xinjiangia sp. (20796 20797)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) T. tarimensis (188402 188403 188404 188405 188406 188407 188408 188409 188410 188411 188412 188413 188414 188415)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjian) T. sp. (185170)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (JiangSu) T. sp. (192794)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China T. paucisegmentatus (236250)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) T. sp. (185151)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Hubei) T. sp. (114989)