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Cathayanella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Cathayanella was named by Yuan and Yin (1998). It is not extant. Its type is Cathayanella granulosa.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
C. granulosa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Cathayanella Yuan and Yin
2002Cathayanella Jell and Adrain

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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
genusCathayanella

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. †Cathayanella Yuan and Yin 1998
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†Cathayanella granulosa Yuan and Yin 1998
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) C. granulosa (125072)