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Birmanites kanlingensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Birmanites kanlingensis was named by Zhang (1981). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSXU-XTR 208, a pygidium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Birmanites kanlingensis Zhang p. 54

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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
genusBirmanitesSheng 1934
specieskanlingensisZhang 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: 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 11:58:11
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:58:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sandbian or 458.40000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Xinjiang) Birmanites kanlingensis (188338 188340 188341 188342 188343 188345 188349 188358 188359 188360 188361)