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Yishanaspis xiakouensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Yishanaspis xiakouensis was named by Yuan and Xiang (1998). Its type specimen is GPIN 96903, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Yishanaspis xiakouensis Yuan and Xiang pp. 174 - 175 figs. pI. 30, fig. 1, pI. 31, figs. 1-4; text-fig. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusYishanaspis
speciesxiakouensis

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.

Yishanaspis xiakouensis Yuan and Xiang 1998
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guangxi) Yishanaspis xiakouensis (222336 222337 222338)