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Prochuangia glabella

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Prochuangia glabella was named by Shergold (1980). Its type specimen is CPC 15242, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lily Creek Section B54a, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone/lime mudstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Prochuangia glabella Shergold p. 67 figs. Pl. 23, fig. 2

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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
genusProchuangiaKobayashi 1935
speciesglabella

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.

Prochuangia glabella Shergold 1980
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Iverian or 494.00000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) Prochuangia glabella (193847 228022 228023 228025 228026 228027 228028 type locality: 228044 228184 228185)