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Afghanocare guizhouensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Anomocaridae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Afghanocare guizhouensis 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
familyAnomocaridaePoulsen 1927
genusAfghanocareWolfart 1975
speciesguizhouensis

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.

†Afghanocare guizhouensis 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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 01:02:49
Modified: 2010-01-26 03:02:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 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) Afghanocare guizhouensis (type locality: 125072)