Kiangsuaspis

Kiangsuaspis
Temporal range: Late Silurian
Comparison of K. nakingaspis and Xiushuiaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Phyllocarida
Order: Archaeostraca
Suborder: Ceratiocaridina[1][2][3]
Family: Ceratiocarididae[1][2][3]
Genus: Kiangsuaspis
P'an, 1962
Binomial name
Kiangsuaspis nankingensis
P'an, 1962

Kiangsuaspis nankingensis is an extinct phyllocarid crustacean from Late Silurian China. It was originally described in 1962 by Kiang P'an as an incomplete ventral plate of a cyathaspidid heterostracan agnathan with a unique pattern of raised, sculptured tubercles that fuse together into anastomosing ridges.[4] In 1984, Jiang P'an then reappraised it as a ceratiocaridid crustacean.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lucas, Spencer G. (2001-11-15). Chinese Fossil Vertebrates. Columbia University Press. p. 320(p. 34). ISBN 978-0231084826.
  2. 1 2 3 Pan, Jiang. "The phylogenetic position of the Eugaleaspida in China."Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Vol. 107. 1984.
  3. 1 2 3 Pan, J. "Notes on Silurian vertebrates of China." Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences 15 (1986): 227-249.
  4. P'an, Kiang 1962. A new Silurian fish from Nanking, China. (Chinese with English summary). Acta Palaeont. Sinica, 10, no. 3, pp. 402-409, fig. 1, pi. 1.


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