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Pseudoyuepingia elongata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoyuepingia elongata was named by Lu and Lin (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is Xiyangshan, bed 12, which is in a Taoyuanian/Niuchehean slope limestone/shale in the Siyangshan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pseudoyuepingia elongata Lu and Lin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusPseudoyuepingiaChien 1961
specieselongata

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.

Pseudoyuepingia elongata Lu and Lin 1989
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Niuchehean or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Zhejiang) Pseudoyuepingia elongata (125525 type locality: 125566 125567)