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Gedongaspis granulosa

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Nangaoia (Gedongaspis) granulosa was named by Yuan et al. (1997). It is not extant. Its type locality is Balang, 10-3, which is in a Taijangian slope mudstone in the Kaili Formation of China.

It was recombined as Gedongaspis granulosa by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Nangaoia (Gedongaspis) granulosa Yuan et al.
2002Gedongaspis granulosa Jell and Adrain

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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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusGedongaspis()
speciesgranulosa()

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.

†Gedongaspis granulosa Yuan et al. 1997
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Taijangian or 506.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Nangaoia granulosa (type locality: 125162)