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Torifera

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Taxonomy
Torifera was named by Wolfart (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alsataspididae by Peng et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Torifera Wolfart
1987Xiangia Peng
2002Torifera Sepkoski
2009Torifera Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyAlsataspididaeTurner 1940
genusToriferaWolfart 1974

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.

G. †Torifera Wolfart 1974
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Torifera abrupta Peng et al. 2004
Torifera jelli Peng et al. 2009
Torifera paraconvexa Yang 1978
Torifera taoyuanensis Peng 1987
Torifera tuma Yang 1977
Invalid names: Xiangia Peng 1987 [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
Created: 2009-12-13 02:52:23
Modified: 2010-01-26 06:30:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India T. jelli (114635 114663 114665)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) T. sp. (219647)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) T. abrupta (126439 126440) T. taoyuanensis (126313 126317 126318 126323 126328) T. taoyuanensis, T. tuma (126324) T. tuma (49176 49177 49182 49184 126287 126303 126304 126305 126306) Xiangia taoyuanensis (128930)