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Afghanocare truncatum

Trilobita - Asaphida - Anomocaridae

Taxonomy
Hunanaspis truncatus was named by Peng (1987). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Afghanocare truncatum by Peng et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Hunanaspis truncatus Peng
2004Afghanocare truncatum Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyAnomocaridaePoulsen 1927
genusAfghanocareWolfart 1975
speciestruncatum(Peng 1987)

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.

Afghanocare truncatum Peng 1987
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 01:02:49
Modified: 2010-01-26 03:02:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Paibian or 500.50000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Afghanocare truncatum (49182 126439) Hunanaspis truncatus (128933)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) Afghanocare truncatum (49195 126130)