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Tairongia browni

Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Lichas browni was named by Sun (1931). Its type specimen is NI3445 [lectotype selected by Kobayashi 1951], a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Amphilichas browni by Kobayashi (1951); it was recombined as Tairongia browni by Zhou et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Bronteus richteri Sun
1931Lichas browni Sun
1951Amphilichas browni Kobayashi
2002Mulciberaspis richteri Jell and Adrain p. 408
2014Tairongia browni Zhou et al. p. 126

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTairongia
speciesbrowni(Sun 1931)

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.

Tairongia browni Sun 1931
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Invalid names: Bronteus richteri Sun 1931 [synonym]
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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:40:01
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Llandeilo or 461.10000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Guizhou) Amphilichas browni (188421 188425)