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Teinistion posterocostum

Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Dorypygella posterocosta was named by Yang (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Teinistion posterocostum by Peng et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Dorypygella posterocosta Yang
1987Teinistion hunanensis Peng pp. 109, 110 figs. pl. 12, figs. 4-6, 12
2004Teinistion posterocostum Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusTeinistionMonke 1905
speciesposterocostum(Yang 1977)

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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Invalid names: Teinistion hunanensis Peng 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 08:58:54
Modified: 2009-02-25 11:00:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Dorypygella posterocosta, Teinistion posterocostum (128931) Teinistion hunanensis (128933) Teinistion posterocostum (49176 49177 49182 49183 49185 49186 49187 49188 49190 107050 126327 126328 126329 126330 126346 126348 126439 126440 126441 126442 126444)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) Dorypygella posterocosta (127381)