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Tarimella bituberculata

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Tarimella bituberculata was named by Zhang (1979). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSXU-XTR 131, an exoskeleton. It is the type species of Tarimella.

Synonyms
  • Yinganaspis yinganensis was named by Zhang (1981). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Tarimella bituberculata by Waisfeld et al. (2001).
  • Yinganaspis subcylindrica was named by Zhang (1981). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Tarimella bituberculata by Waisfeld et al. (2001).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tarimella bituberculata Zhang
1981Yinganaspis subcylindrica Zhang
1981Yinganaspis yinganensis Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusTarimellaZhang 1979
speciesbituberculataZhang 1979

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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Invalid names: Yinganaspis subcylindrica Zhang 1981 [synonym], Yinganaspis yinganensis Zhang 1981 [synonym]
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: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Xinjiang) Tarimella bituberculata (188320 188323 188324 188325 188326 188327 188329 188331)