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Qingshania cercida

Osteichthyes - Parasemionotiformes - Parasemionotidae

Taxonomy
Qingshania cercida was named by Liu (2002). Its type specimen is Jurong City Museum J015, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Qingshan quarry, Jurong, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Qinglong Formation of China. It is the type species of Qingshania.

Entered
by C. Feng (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2011-09-29; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-12-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Qingshania cercida Liu p. 36 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4; pl 5, fig 1
2006Qingshania cercida Tong et al. p. 154 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
orderParasemionotiformesLehmann 1966
familyParasemionotidaeStensiƶ 1932
genusQingshania
speciescercida

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.

Qingshania cercida Liu 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: detritivoref
Created: 2014-02-08 20:11:11
Modified: 2014-02-08 20:11:11
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009, Neuman and Wilson 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: Smithian or 249.90000 to 248.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Anhui) Qingshania cercida (117945)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Jiangsu) Qingshania cercida (type locality: 117942)