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Chosenia laticephala

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Chosenia laticephala was named by Kobayashi (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Chosenia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Chosenia laticephala Kobayashi p. 567 figs. Pl. 8 Fig.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusChoseniaKobayashi 1934
specieslaticephalaKobayashi 1934

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.

Chosenia laticephala Kobayashi 1934
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Jilin Provence) Chosenia laticephala (157250)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Heibei Provence) Chosenia laticephala (157261 157265)