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Metabalangia yupingensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Metabalangia yupingensis was named by Zhang et al. (1980). It is not extant. Its type locality is Yuping, which is in a Taijangian marine horizon in the Kaili Formation of China. It is the type species of Metabalangia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Metabalangia yupingensis Zhang et al.

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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
genusMetabalangia
speciesyupingensis

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.

Metabalangia yupingensis Zhang et al. 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: 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian - Taijangian514.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Metabalangia yupingensis (107169)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Metabalangia yupingensis (type locality: 127963 128099 128115 128255)