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Archikainella

Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichakephalidae

Taxonomy
Archikainella was named by Liu (1982). Its type is Archikainella vomerinus.

It was assigned to Lichakephalidae by Zhu et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Archikainella Liu p. 322
1984Chencunia Qiu
1984Metaacidaspis Qiu
1992Chencunia Peng
2002Metaacidaspis Jell and Adrain
2002Chencunia Sepkoski
2002Metaacidaspis Sepkoski
2021Chencunia Beech and Lamsdell p. 2220
2021Archikainella Zhu et al. p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichakephalidaeTripp 1957
genusArchikainellaLiu 1982

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. †Archikainella Liu 1982
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Invalid names: Chencunia Qiu 1984 [synonym], Metaacidaspis Qiu 1984 [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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:39:06
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:39:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Jiangshanian to the top of the Niuchehean or 494.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) Chencunia tripleura (126719)
Jiangshanian494.2 - 491.0China A. vomerinus (235410)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Anhui) Chencunia tripleura (127322) Metaacidaspis beigongensis (127321)