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Metachangshania brachypyga

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Metachangshania brachypyga was named by Choi et al. (2008). It is not extant. Its type locality is Konggiri section, KG-11, which is in a Taoyuanian deep subtidal shale in the Machari Formation of South Korea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Metachangshania brachypyga Choi 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
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMetachangshaniaDuan 1966
speciesbrachypyga

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.

†Metachangshania brachypyga Choi et al. 2008
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taoyuanian or 495.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85South Korea Metachangshania brachypyga (133449 type locality: 133453 133454 133455 133457 133458)