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Paraperaspis angustus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Paraperaspis angustus was named by Zhou et al. (2014). Its type specimen is NIGP 155296, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Collection NJ379, Dawangou, northwestern Tarim Basin, which is in a Sandbian basinal (siliciclastic) mudstone/lime mudstone in the Saergan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Paraperaspis angustus Zhou et al. p. 74 figs. Fig. 36A, F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusParaperaspis
speciesangustus

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.

Paraperaspis angustus Zhou et al. 2014
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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 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sandbian or 458.20000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) Paraperaspis angustus (188346 188347 188348 type locality: 188349)