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Elegestina

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Chengkouaspididae

Taxonomy
Elegestina was named by Pokrovskaya (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chengkouaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Elegestina Pokrovskaya
2002Elegestina Jell and Adrain p. 370
2002Elegestina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyChengkouaspididae()
genusElegestinaPokrovskaya 1959

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. †Elegestina Pokrovskaya 1959
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-22 05:22:31
Modified: 2009-12-22 07:22:31
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available