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Microparia (Microparia) acuta

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Microparia (Paramicroparia) acuta was named by Zhang (1981). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSXU-XTR 273, a cephalon/head. It is the type species of Microparia (Paramicroparia).

It was recombined as Paramicroparia acuta by Jell and Adrain (2002); it was recombined as Microparia (Microparia) acuta by Zhou et al. (2014).

Entered
by M. Hopkins on 2017-08-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Microparia (Paramicroparia) acuta Zhang
2002Paramicroparia acuta Jell and Adrain p. 420
2014Microparia (Microparia) acuta Zhou et al. p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusMicropariaHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusMicropariaHawle and Corda 1847
speciesacuta(Zhang 1981)

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: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:11:36
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:11:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sandbian or 458.20000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) Microparia acuta (188347 188349 188350 188351 188352)