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Changia chinensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Changia chinensis was named by Sun (1924). It is not extant. It is the type species of Changia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Changia chinensis Sun

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusChangiaSun 1924
specieschinensisSun 1924

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.

†Changia chinensis Sun 1924
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:08:03
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:08:03
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Niuchehean or 489.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Henan) Changia chinensis (129219)