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Paraziboaspis houmengensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Tongshania houmengensis was named by Qiu (1983). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Paraziboaspis houmengensis by Yuan and Li (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Tongshania houmengensis Qiu
1999Paraziboaspis houmengensis Yuan and Li

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusParaziboaspisNan and Chang 1982
specieshoumengensis(Qiu 1983)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Duyunian or 514.00000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Anhui) Paraziboaspis houmengensis (125435)