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Taklamakania xinjiangensis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Xinjiangia xinjiangensis was named by Zhang (1981). Its type specimen is GSXU-XTR 305, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nanshanaspis xinjiangensis by Zhang in Zhou (1995); it was recombined as Taklamakania xinjiangensis by Zhang (1988), Zhou et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Xinjiangia xinjiangensis Zhang
1988Taklamakania xinjiangensis Zhang
1995Nanshanaspis xinjiangensis Zhang in Zhou
2014Taklamakania xinjiangensis Zhou et al. p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusTaklamakaniaZhang 1980
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Sandbian or 468.00000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) Taklamakania xinjiangensis (188324 188336)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) Taklamakania xinjiangensis (188342 188343 188344 188345)