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Paramecephalus meitanensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Alokistocare meitanense was named by Lu (1945). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Paramecephalus meitanensis by Zhang et al. (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Alokistocare meitanense Lu
1980Paramecephalus meitanensis Zhang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusParamecephalusKobayashi 1967
speciesmeitanensis(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.

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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 514.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) Paramecephalus meitanensis (107132)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Paramecephalus meitanensis (107135)