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Hunanocephalus ovalis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Hunanocephalus ovalis was named by Lee (1963). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Hunanocephalus ovalis Lee

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusHunanocephalusLee 1963
speciesovalisLee 1963

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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Hubei) Hunanocephalus ovalis (141555)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Zhejiang) Hunanocephalus ovalis (125528 125679 129764)