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Xingrenaspis shyamalae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Xingrenaspis shyamalae was named by Peng et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type locality is Parahio, Sumna River - PO11, which is in a Cambrian carbonate limestone in the Parahio Formation of India.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Xingrenaspis shyamalae Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusXingrenaspis
speciesshyamalae

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.

†Xingrenaspis shyamalae Peng et al. 2009
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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: Middle Cambrian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India Xingrenaspis shyamalae (116460 116461 type locality: 116462)