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Taipaikia

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Taipaikia Kobayashi p. 398
2011Taipaikia Hughes et al. p. 12
2020Taipaikia Wernette et al. p. 875

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyKaolishaniidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyCeronocarinae
genusTaipaikia

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. †Taipaikia Kobayashi 1960
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Taipaikia glabra Endo and Resser 1937
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Invalid names: Taipaikia yanshanensis Duan et al. 2005 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. C. Hughes et al. 2011Effaced cranidium with long (sag.), concave frontal area with anterior branch of facial suture running abaxially anterior of the palpebral lobe, then sweeping adaxially in open curve to intersect anterior margin in front of fixigena. Glabellar conical with weakly incised anterior margin. Posterior border furrow and SO firmly incised. Posterior lateral margin of LO pit-like. Isopygous with convex, semicircular pygidium with distinct pleural facet, axis tapering posteriorly, border broad, flattened with broad doublure.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:29:56
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:29:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Furongian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Bhutan (Black Mountain) T. glabra (141306)