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Mictosaukia combinata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Mictosaukia combinata was named by Peng (1992). It is not extant. Its type locality is Wa'ergang, unit 20, 26, which is in a Taoyuanian slope limestone in the Shenjiawan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Mictosaukia combinata Peng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusMictosaukiaShergold 1975
speciescombinata

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.

Mictosaukia combinata Peng 1992
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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 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Niuchehean or 489.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Mictosaukia combinata (type locality: 126669 126722)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Mictosaukia combinata (126723)