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Peculicephalina

Trilobita

Taxonomy
Peculicephalina was named by Qian (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm u Sepkoski's reference number: ZR91]. It is not extant. Its type is Peculicephalina jingxianensis.

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

Species
P. jingxianensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Peculicephalina Qian
2002Peculicephalina Jell and Adrain p. 482
2002Peculicephalina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
genusPeculicephalina

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. †Peculicephalina Qian 1985
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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: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Niuchehean or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Anhui) P. jingxianensis (127532)