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Zhenganites xinjiangensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Eosoptychopyge xinjiangensis was named by Zhang (1981). Its type specimen is XTR 206, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Zhenganites xinjiangensis by Zhou et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eosoptychopyge xinjiangensis Zhang
1998Zhenganites xinjiangensis Zhou et al. p. 704

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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
genusZhenganitesYin 1978
speciesxinjiangensis(Zhang 1981)

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
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Sandbian or 468.00000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Xinjiang) Zhenganites xinjiangensis (170838 170839)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Xinjiang) Zhenganites xinjiangensis (170840 170841 170842)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Xinjiang) Zhenganites xinjiangensis (188343 188344)