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Esseigania

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Tsinaniidae

Taxonomy
Esseigania was named by Kobayashi (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tsinaniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Esseigania Kobayashi
2002Esseigania Jell and Adrain p. 481
2002Esseigania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderIllaeninaJaanusson 1959
familyTsinaniidaeKobayashi 1933
genusEsseiganiaKobayashi 1944

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. †Esseigania Kobayashi 1944
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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 23:38:48
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:38:48
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