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Basilicus jinlini

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Basilicus jinlini was named by Zhou and Fortey (1986). Its type specimen is NI80433, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Location 4 Horizon 10, which is in a Llanvirn marine limestone in the Machiakou Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Basilicus jinlini Zhou and Fortey p. 187 figs. Pl. 4, fig. 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusBasilicusSalter 1849
speciesjinlini

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.

Basilicus jinlini Zhou and Fortey 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:44:29
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:44:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Jilin Provence) Basilicus jinlini (type locality: 157252)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Shangdong Provence) Basilicus jinlini (157289 157290)