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Sunaspidella rara

Trilobita - Sunaspididae

Taxonomy
Sunaspidella rara was named by Zhang and Yuan (1981). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gangdeershan, Sunaspis zone, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone in the Hsuchuang Formation of China. It is the type species of Sunaspidella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Sunaspidella rara Zhang and Yuan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familySunaspididaeZhang and Jell 1987
genusSunaspidella
speciesrara

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.

†Sunaspidella rara Zhang and Yuan 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
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Nei Mongol) Sunaspidella rara (type locality: 125419)