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Prochuangia turcica

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Prochuangia turcica was named by Dean (2006). It is not extant. Its type locality is Yayla Tepe, Z.73, Yo.155, which is in a Paibian/Guzhangian marine shale/sandstone in the Seydisehir Formation of Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Prochuangia turcica Dean

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusProchuangiaKobayashi 1935
speciesturcica

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.

Prochuangia turcica Dean 2006
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taoyuanian or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Turkey Prochuangia turcica (133720)
Paibian - Guzhangian497.0 - 497.0Turkey Prochuangia turcica (type locality: 133718)
Paibian - Taoyuanian497.0 - 485.4Turkey Prochuangia turcica (133719)