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Parainouyia prompta

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Inouyiidae

Taxonomy
Parainouyia prompta was named by Zhang and Yuan (1981). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gangdeershan, NZ 02, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone in the Hsuchuang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Parainouyia prompta Zhang and Yuan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyPtychoparioidea(Matthew 1887)
familyInouyiidaeChang 1963
genusParainouyia
speciesprompta

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.

†Parainouyia prompta Zhang and Yuan 1981
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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: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2012-08-27 22:20:36
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:20:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taijangian or 506.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Nei Mongol) Parainouyia prompta (type locality: 125414)