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Kaotaia magna

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Alokistocare magnum was named by Lu (1945). It is not extant. It is the type species of Kaotaia.

It was recombined as Kaotaia magna by Lu (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Alokistocare magnum Lu
1962Kaotaia magna Lu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusKaotaiaLu 1962
speciesmagna(Lu 1945)

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.

Kaotaia magna Lu 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Taijangian or 514.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Guizhou) Kaotaia magna (107132)
Duyunian - Taijangian514.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Kaotaia magna (107173 107174)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Kaotaia magna (107135)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) Kaotaia magna (129026)