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Kingstonia neimonggolensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Taxonomy
Kingstonia neimonggolensis was named by Zhang and Zhou (1993). It is not extant. Its type locality is Liujiayao, bed 2, which is in a Guzhangian marine horizon in the Kushan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Kingstonia neimonggolensis Zhang and Zhou

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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
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusKingstoniaWalcott 1924
speciesneimonggolensis

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.

Kingstonia neimonggolensis Zhang and Zhou 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 11:44:58
Modified: 2009-02-26 13:44:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Nei Mongol) Kingstonia neimonggolensis (type locality: 129775 129807)