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Fandianaspis elegans

Artiopoda - Redlichiida

Taxonomy
Fandianaspis elegans was named by Li (1980). It is not extant. Its type locality is Emei area, Wutingaspis-Chaoaspis zone, which is in a Nangaoian marine mudstone/siltstone in the Jiulaodong Formation of China.

Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2012-06-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Fandianaspis elegans Li

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
genusFandianaspisLee 1978
specieselegans

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: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Sichuan) Fandianaspis elegans (type locality: 128409)