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Arthricocephalus tenuis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Arthricocephalus tenuis was named by Zhang and Zhou (1985). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kunshan, Arthricocephalus-Changaspis assemblage, which is in a Nangaoian/Duyunian marine horizon in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Arthricocephalus tenuis Zhang and Zhou

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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
genusArthricocephalusBergeron 1899
speciestenuis

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.

Arthricocephalus tenuis Zhang and Zhou 1985
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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 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Nangaoian to the top of the Duyunian or 521.00000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Jiangsu) Arthricocephalus tenuis (type locality: 127385)