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Kunshanaspis

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Kunshanaspis was named by Zhang and Zhou (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR85]. It is not extant. Its type is Kunshanaspis suzhouensis.

It was assigned to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
K. suzhouensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Kunshanaspis Zhang and Zhou
2002Kunshanaspis Jell and Adrain
2002Kunshanaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusKunshanaspis

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. †Kunshanaspis Zhang and Zhou 1985
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Kunshanaspis suzhouensis Zhang and Zhou 1985
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Nangaoian to the top of the Duyunian or 521.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 506.5China (Jiangsu) K. suzhouensis (127385)