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Taishania bassifrons

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida

Taxonomy
Taishania bassifrons was named by Dean (2006). It is not extant. Its type locality is Yayla Tepe, Yo.157, which is in a Taoyuanian marine shale/sandstone in the Seydisehir Formation of Türkiye.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. constricta
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2012-09-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Taishania bassifrons Dean

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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
subfamilyAtratebiinae
genusTaishaniaSun 1935
speciesbassifrons

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.

†Taishania bassifrons Dean 2006
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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
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taoyuanian or 495.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Türkiye Taishania bassifrons (type locality: 133720)