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Pianaspis insuetus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Papyriaspididae

Taxonomy
Pianaspis insuetus was named by Lu and Zhu (1980). It is not extant. Its type locality is Chuxian-Quanjiao, Yangliugang Formation, which is in a Taijangian/Guzhangian carbonate limestone/shale in the Yangliugang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pianaspis insuetus Lu and Zhu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPapyriaspididaeWhitehouse 1939
genusPianaspisSaito and Sakakura 1936
speciesinsuetus

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.

†Pianaspis insuetus Lu and Zhu 1980
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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: 2010-01-03 02:49:40
Modified: 2010-01-03 04:49:40
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Guzhangian or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian - Guzhangian506.5 - 497.0China (Anhui) Pianaspis insuetus (type locality: 127474)