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Tongxinaspis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Dionididae

Taxonomy
Tongxinaspis was named by Zhou (1981) [Sepkoski's age data: O l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR90].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Tongxinaspis Zhou
2002Tongxinaspis Jell and Adrain p. 454
2002Tongxingaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyDionididaeGürich 1907
genusTongxinaspisZhou 1981

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. †Tongxinaspis Zhou 1981
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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
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:55:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:55:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available