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Nanshanaspis unica

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Caganaspis unica was named by Kolobova (1986). Its type specimen is CNIGRM 1/12301, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nanshanaspis unica by Zhou et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Caganaspis unica Kolobova p. 171 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1-8
2014Nanshanaspis unica Zhou et al. p. 93

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusNanshanaspisZhang and Fan 1960
speciesunica(Kolobova 1986)

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.

Nanshanaspis unica Kolobova 1986
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Katian or 458.20000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Kazakhstan Nanshanaspis unica (275746)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Kazakhstan Nanshanaspis unica (275754 275755 275756)