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Ptyctolorenzella xuzhuangensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lorenzellidae

Taxonomy
Ptyctolorenzella xuzhuangensis was named by Lu and Zhu (2001). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mt. Mantou, Zhangxia, BW65, BW64, which is in a Taijangian marine limestone/shale in the Mantou Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Ptyctolorenzella xuzhuangensis Lu and Zhu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLorenzellidaeZhang 1963
genusPtyctolorenzella
speciesxuzhuangensis

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.

†Ptyctolorenzella xuzhuangensis Lu and Zhu 2001
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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: 2010-01-03 23:55:59
Modified: 2010-01-04 01:55:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shandong) Ptyctolorenzella xuzhuangensis (type locality: 124907)