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Jimachongia lata

Trilobita - Olenida - Cedariidae

Taxonomy
Jimachongia lata was named by Yuan and Yin (1998). It is not extant. Its type locality is Yangweizhou-Jimachong, Glyptagnostus stolidotus zone, which is in a Guzhangian slope limestone in the Chefu Formation of China. It is the type species of Jimachongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Jimachongia lata 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
orderOlenida
familyCedariidaeRaymond 1937
genusJimachongia
specieslata

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.

†Jimachongia lata Yuan and Yin 1998
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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: 2009-12-19 03:51:13
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:51:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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) Jimachongia lata (type locality: 125073)