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Onchocephalina yichunensis

Trilobita - Antagmidae

Taxonomy
Onchocephalina yichunensis was named by Duan and An (2001). It is not extant. Its type locality is Yichun, which is in a Duyunian marine horizon in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. flabilis, O. plana, O. spinosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Onchocephalina yichunensis Duan and An

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAntagmidaeHupé 1953
genusOnchocephalinaRepina 1960
speciesyichunensis

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.

†Onchocephalina yichunensis Duan and An 2001
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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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:48:04
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:48:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, 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 (Heilongjiang) Onchocephalina yichunensis (type locality: 128446)