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Tonkinella valida

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Tonkinella valida was named by Tchernysheva (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Tonkinella valida Tchernysheva pp. 30 - 32 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1-3, not fig. 4
1994Tonkinella valida Sundberg pp. 37 - 40 figs. Figure 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
subfamilyOryctocephalinaeBeecher 1897
genusTonkinellaMansuy 1916
speciesvalidaTchernysheva 1962

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.

Tonkinella valida Tchernysheva 1962
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994.Tonkinella with cra- nidium with strongly posterolateral directed ocular ridges, slightly upturned anterior border, low con- vex frontal lobe, plectrum, and medial sulcus in frontal lobe. Pygidium with smooth margin, mod- erate to moderately shallow pleural furrows of uni- form depth not reaching border, wide posterior pleural segment (13-19% pygidial width), and 5-6 axial rings.
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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:04:29
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:04:29
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wuliuan to the top of the Topazan or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Tonkinella valida (10565 134113 134117)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Tonkinella valida (134249 134253 134254 134257)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan Tonkinella valida (9970 9973 9976 9977)
Wuliuan - Topazan509.0 - 504.5Mexico Tonkinella valida (236858)
Tuesaian505.3 - 503.0Kazakhstan Tonkinella valida (118054)