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Tuojiangella

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Tuojiangella was named by Duan et al. (1999). It is not extant. Its type is Tuojiangella tuojiangensis.

It was assigned to Catillicephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
T. tuojiangensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Tuojiangella Duan et al.
2002Tuojiangella Jell and Adrain

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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
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusTuojiangella

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.

G. †Tuojiangella Duan et al. 1999
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†Tuojiangella tuojiangensis Duan et al. 1999
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Taoyuanian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian - Taoyuanian497.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) T. tuojiangensis (130015)