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Meitanillaenus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Meitanillaenus was named by Zhang (1974). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Meitanillaenus Zhang
2002Meitanillaenus Jell and Adrain p. 404

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
genusMeitanillaenusZhang 1974

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.

G. †Meitanillaenus Zhang 1974
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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 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Telychian or 453.00000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian457.5 - 452.0China (JiangSu) M. sp. (7943)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Jiangxi) M. sp. (210139)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China (Yunnan) M. binodosus (27849)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China M. sp. (27773)