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Monkaspis quadrata

Artiopoda - Monkaspididae

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

It was corrected as Monkaspis quadrata by Peng et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. hunanensis, M. traversi, M. travesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Monkaspis quadratus Yang
2004Monkaspis quadrata Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyMonkaspididaeKobayashi 1935
genusMonkaspisKobayashi 1935
speciesquadrata(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.

†Monkaspis quadrata Yang 1977
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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
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) Monkaspis quadratus (127375 127376 127377)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Monkaspis quadrata (49177 49181 49182 49184 126323 126324 126325 126327 126329 126347)