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Inouyia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Inouyiidae

Taxonomy
Inouyia was named by Walcott (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 464]. It is not extant. Its type is Agraulos capax.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Inouyiidae by Peng et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Inouyia Walcott
2002Inouyia Sepkoski
2009Inouyia Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyPtychoparioidea(Matthew 1887)
familyInouyiidaeChang 1963
genusInouyiaWalcott 1911

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. †Inouyia Walcott 1911
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Inouyia capax Walcott 1906
Inouyia granulosa Hall and Whitfield 1877
Inouyia simulator Hall and Whitfield 1877
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: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2012-08-27 22:20:36
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:20:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Wangcunian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) I. capax (129013 129146)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India I. sp. (116550)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) I. sp. (126957)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) I. melie, I. capax (232857)