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Hunanocephalus (Duotingia)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Hunanocephalus (Duotingia) was named by Chow (1974) [in Lu et al., Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda Sepkoski's reference number: 463 in Lu et al.]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Duotingia by Zhang and Zhou (1985) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Hunanocephalus by Chow (1974); to Oryctocephalidae by Zhang and Zhou (1985); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Hunanocephalus (Duotingia) Chow
1985Duotingia Zhang and Zhou
2002Duotingia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusHunanocephalusLee 1963
subgenusDuotingiaChow 1974

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.

Subg. †Hunanocephalus (Duotingia) Chow 1974
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Duotingia taihuensis Zhang and Zhou 1985
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 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Zhejiang) Hunanocephalus constricatus, Hunanocephalus rarus (129764) Hunanocephalus rarus (125529)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Jiangsu) Duotingia taihuensis (127383)