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Ajrikina

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Diceratocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ajrikina was named by Kryskov (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Cm Dres Sepkoski's reference number: 482,483]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Alsataspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Ajrikina Kryskov
1983Jiangnania Lin et al.
1983Huamiaocephalus Qiu
2002Jiangnania Jell and Adrain
2002Ajrikina Jell and Adrain p. 338
2002Ajirikina Sepkoski
2002Huamiaocephalus 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyDiceratocephalidaeLu 1954
genusAjrikinaKryskov 1963

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. †Ajrikina Kryskov 1963
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Ajrikina elongata Ergaliev 1980
Ajrikina hunanensis Peng 1987
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Invalid names: Jiangnania fengzuensis Lu and Lin 1989 [synonym], Jiangnania fuyangensis Lu and Lin 1989 [synonym]
Ajrikina miranda Lin et al. 1983
Invalid names: Huamiaocephalus Qiu 1983 [synonym], Jiangnania Lin et al. 1983 [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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-06 00:39:56
Modified: 2010-01-06 02:39:56
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Ayusokkanian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) A. sp. (10175)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Jiangnania fengzuensis (125686)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) Jiangnania miranda (127374)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) A. hunanensis (49176 49177 49185 126323 126328 126329 126330 126440) A. wannanensis (126304 126313 126314 126317 126318) Jiangnania fuyangensis (130012) Jiangnania hunanensis (128931)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) A. sp. (10064)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan A. elongata (118235 118238 118239 118240 118241 118244) A. mera (118179 118182)