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Jiangsuia typica

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Jiangsuia typica was named by Lin et al. (1983). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kunshan, 720.55-721.70 m, which is in a Wangcunian marine horizon in the Yangliugang Formation of China. It is the type species of Jiangsuia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Jiangsuia typica Lin et al.

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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
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusJiangsuia
speciestypica

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.

†Jiangsuia typica Lin et al. 1983
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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: 2010-01-02 08:50:15
Modified: 2010-01-02 10:50:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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 (Jiangsu) Jiangsuia typica (type locality: 127368)