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Lajishanaspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Lajishanaspis was named by Chu (1979). It is not extant. Its type is Lajishanaspis subsphaericus.

It was assigned to Catillicephalidae by Zhu (1987).

Species
L. subsphaericus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Lajishanaspis Chu
1987Lajishanaspis Zhu

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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
genusLajishanaspisChu 1979

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. †Lajishanaspis Chu 1979
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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: 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 Guzhangian to the top of the Paibian or 500.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian - Paibian500.5 - 494.2China (Hubei) L. subsphaericus (130259)