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Rhombampyx yii

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyx yii was named by Lu (1965). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NI 16891 [selected by Zhou et al 1984], an exoskeleton.

It was recombined as Rhombampyx yii by Zhou et al. (1984) and Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Ampyx yii Lu
1984Rhombampyx yii Zhou et al. p. 24
2019Rhombampyx yii Zhou and Zhou p. 159 fig. 8A,D,F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusRhombampyx
speciesyii(Lu 1965)

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.

Rhombampyx yii Lu 1965
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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 Floian to the top of the Llandeilo or 477.70000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Shaanxi) Rhombampyx yii (116182)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) Rhombampyx yii (116201 116202)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) Rhombampyx yii (203694 203695)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China (Hubei) Rhombampyx yii (116200 221219 221220 221221 221223 221225)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Guizhou) Rhombampyx yii (188421 188425)