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Eoshengia dongqinlingia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae

Taxonomy
Eoshengia dongqinlingia was named by Yang et al. (1993). It is not extant. Its type locality is Xiuzigou, bed 10c, which is in a Guzhangian slope limestone/shale in the Xijiadian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Eoshengia dongqinlingia Yang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLisaniidaeChang 1963
genusEoshengiaYang 1978
speciesdongqinlingia

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.

†Eoshengia dongqinlingia Yang et al. 1993
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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: 2010-01-04 05:23:59
Modified: 2010-01-04 07:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Eoshengia dongqinlingia (type locality: 127077)