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Pianaspis sinensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae

Taxonomy
Prohedinia sinensis was named by Yang (1978). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pianaspis sinensis by Lu and Lin (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Prohedinia sinensis Yang
1989Pianaspis sinensis Lu and Lin

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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
familyPapyriaspididaeWhitehouse 1939
genusPianaspisSaito and Sakakura 1936
speciessinensis(Yang 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.

†Pianaspis sinensis Yang 1978
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-03 02:49:40
Modified: 2010-01-03 04:49:40
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Pianaspis sinensis (49162 49163 49164 49165 49283 49287 49288 49289 49290 49291 128313 128317 128318 128319 128333 128336 128337 128340 128341)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Pianaspis sinensis (127075)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Pianaspis sinensis (127065)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Pianaspis sinensis (127066 127067)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Pianaspis sinensis (127076)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Pianaspis sinensis (125535 125541)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Pianaspis sinensis (49169 49171 49292 128343 128344 128346 128347 128354 128365)