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Ganinella auspicata

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Ganinella auspicata was named by Zhou et al. (2000) [Ganinella? auspicata]. Its type specimen is XIG TR534, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is F003. Zhusilenghaierhan area, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Xipingshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Ganinella auspicata Zhou et al. p. 468 figs. PI. 7 figs 10-15; pi. 8 figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusGaninellaElkin 1968
speciesauspicata

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.

Ganinella auspicata Zhou et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Frasnian or 382.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2China (Inner Mongolia) Ganinella auspicata (217258 type locality: 217264)