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Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis was named by Zhou (1974) [in Lu et al.]. It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis Zhou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusProtoryctocephalusChow 1974
specieswuxunensisZhou 1974

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
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Duyunian or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) Protoryctocephalus wuxunensis (128072 128073 128074 128077 128078 128079 128081 128082 128083 128084 128086 128087 128088 128089 128090)