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Protaitzehoia granifera

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Protaitzehoia granifera was named by Yang (1978). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Protaitzehoia granifera Yang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusProtaitzehoiaYang 1978
speciesgraniferaYang 1978

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.

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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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) Protaitzehoia granifera (125072)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Protaitzehoia granifera (49177 49181 49182 49185 107050 126439 128930)