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Balangcunaspis subcylindricus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus was named by Yuan et al. (1997). It is not extant. Its type locality is Balang, 8D, which is in a Duyunian slope shale in the Kaili Formation of China.

It was recombined as Balangcunaspis subcylindricus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Paraantagmus (Balangcunaspis) subcylindricus Yuan et al.
2002Balangcunaspis subcylindricus Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusBalangcunaspis()
speciessubcylindricus()

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.

†Balangcunaspis subcylindricus Yuan et al. 1997
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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: Duyunian or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) Balangcunaspis subcylindricus (128072 128073 128074 128075 128076 128077 128078 128079 128080 128082 128083 128084 128086 128087 128088 128089 128090 128091) Paraantagmus subcylindricus (type locality: 125152 125153 125154 125155 125157 125158)