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Tchaiaspis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Conocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Tchaiaspis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Conocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tchaiaspis Jell and Adrain p. 451
2002Tchaiaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyConocoryphidaeAngelin 1854
genusTchaiaspis

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:53:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:53:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Alaska) T. sp. (10508)