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Acanthomicmacca (Chengkouia) xingjiangensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Chengkouiidae

Taxonomy
Chengkouia xingjiangensis was named by Zhu and Lin (1983). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mohershan, Kuruktag, which is in a Nangaoian carbonate limestone in the Xidashan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Acanthomicmacca (Chengkouia) xingjiangensis by Geyer (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Acanthomicmacca (Chengkouia) xingjiangensis Geyer p. 369

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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
familyChengkouiidaeZhu 1980
genusAcanthomicmaccaHupé 1953
subgenusChengkouia(Lu and Chang 1974)
speciesxingjiangensis()

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: 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 06:20:34
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:20:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Xinjiang) Chengkouia xinjiangensis (type locality: 49494)