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Qiandongaspis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Taxonomy
Qiandongaspis was named by Yuan and Yin (1998). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhyssometopidae by Yuan and Yin (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Qiandongaspis Yuan and Yin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967
genusQiandongaspis

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. †Qiandongaspis Yuan and Yin 1998
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†Qiandongaspis qiandongensis Yuan and Yin 1998
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Q. convexa (49163) Q. sinensis (49161 49165) Q. xiangxiensis (49164)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) Q. qiandongensis (125072)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Q. convexa, Q. xiangxiensis (49166) Q. sinensis (49172 49176 49181 126307 126314 126317 126327) Q. sp. (126313) Q. xiangxiensis (49168) Rhyssometopus sinensis (128930)