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Lajishanaspis subsphaericus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Lajishanaspis subsphaericus Chu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusLajishanaspisChu 1979
speciessubsphaericusChu 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.

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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) Lajishanaspis subsphaericus (130259)