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Taitzehoia erhtaokouensis

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Taitzehoia erhtaokouensis was named by Chu (1959). It is not extant. Its type locality is Erdaogou, BE121, which is in a Guzhangian carbonate shale/limestone in the Kushan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Taitzehoia erhtaokouensis Chu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusTaitzehoia
specieserhtaokouensis

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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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 (Liaoning) Taitzehoia erhtaokouensis (type locality: 129884 129894)