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Taitzuina

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ordosiidae

Taxonomy
Taitzuina was named by Zhang and Yuan (1981). It is not extant. Its type is Taitzuina lubrica.

It was assigned to Ordosiidae by Zhang and Yuan (1981).

Species
T. lubrica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Taitzuina Zhang and Yuan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyOrdosiidaeLu 1954
genusTaitzuina

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. †Taitzuina Zhang and Yuan 1981
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†Taitzuina lubrica Zhang and Yuan 1981
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: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shanxi) T. lubrica (125423)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Ningxia) T. lubrica (125422)