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Yingziaspis

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Yingziaspis was named by Zhang (1999). It is not extant. Its type is Yingziaspis erdaogouensis.

It was assigned to Pterocephaliidae by Zhang (1999).

Species
Y. erdaogouensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Yingziaspis Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusYingziaspis

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. †Yingziaspis Zhang 1999
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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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Taoyuanian or 495.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Liaoning) Y. erdaogouensis (127366)