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Paracharnia

Rangeomorpha - Charniidae

Taxonomy
Paracharnia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Paracharnia dengyingensis.

It was assigned to Rangeomorpha by Sepkoski (2002); to Charniidae by Laflamme et al. (2007); and to Metazoa by Erwin et al. (2011).

Species
P. dengyingensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Paracharnia Sepkoski
2007Paracharnia Laflamme et al. p. 253
2011Paracharnia Erwin et al. pp. SOM 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Eumetazoa
orderRangeomorpha
RankNameAuthor
familyCharniidaeGlaessner 1979
genusParacharnia

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-10-13 08:04:32
Modified: 2009-10-13 10:04:32
Source: g = genus
Reference: Fedonkin et al. 2007

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8China (Hubei) P. dengyingensis (235125 236902)