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Parabolinella contracta

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Parabolinella contracta was named by Lu and Zhou (1981). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hangwula Mountain, west of Nei, which is in a Niuchehean marine shale in the Hangwula Formation of Mongolia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Parabolinella contracta Lu and Zhou
1984Parabolinella lata Xiang and Zhang
1984Parabolinella sayramensis Xiang and Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusParabolinellaBrögger 1882
speciescontractaLu and Zhou 1981

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.

Parabolinella contracta Lu and Zhou 1981
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Invalid names: Parabolinella lata Xiang and Zhang 1984 [synonym], Parabolinella sayramensis Xiang and Zhang 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:05:01
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:05:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Niuchehean to the top of the Tremadocian or 491.00000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85United Kingdom Parabolinella sp. (229481 229503 229505 229507)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Mongolia (Neimenggu) Parabolinella contracta (type locality: 235390)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1China Parabolinella sayramensis, Parabolinella lata (276267)