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Geminiclavula wangcunica

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Geminiclavula wangcunica was named by Peng et al. (2004). It is not extant. Its type locality is Wangcun section, 56.7m, which is in a Wangcunian slope packstone/grainstone in the Huaqiao Formation of China. It is the type species of Geminiclavula.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Geminiclavula wangcunica Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusGeminiclavula
specieswangcunica

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.

†Geminiclavula wangcunica Peng et al. 2004
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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 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wangcunian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Geminiclavula wangcunica (type locality: 49274)