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Telephina angulata

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Telephina angulatus was named by Yi (1957). Its type specimen is GB 03031, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was corrected as Telephina angulata by Yi (1957) and Zhou et al. (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Telephina angulata Yi
1984Telephina angulata Zhou et al. p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusTelephinaMarek 1952
speciesangulata(Yi 1957)

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.

Telephina angulata Yi 1957
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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:02:38
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:02:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Sandbian or 461.10000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Guizhou) Telephina angulata (188421)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Xinjiang) Telephina angulata (188342 188343 188344)