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Pingluaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Pingluaspis was named by Zhang and Wang (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm u Sepkoski's reference number: ZR87]. It is not extant. Its type is Pingluaspis minor.

It was misspelled as Pinglusapis by Sepkoski (2002); it was corrected as Pinglusapis by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychopariidae by Zhang and Wang (1986) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
P. minor (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Pingluaspis Zhang and Wang
2002Pinglusapis Jell and Adrain p. 426
2002Pinglusapis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusPingluaspis

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. †Pingluaspis Zhang and Wang 1986
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Pingluaspis minor Zhang and Wang 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) P. minor (129810 129812)