Biology:Kiangsuaspis

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Short description: Extinct genus of crustaceans


Kiangsuaspis
Temporal range: Late Silurian
Xiushuiaspis jiangxiensis.jpg
Comparison of Kiangsuaspis nakingaspis and Xiushuiaspis
Scientific classification
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Archaeostraca
Family:
Ceratiocarididae[1][2][3]
Genus:
Kiangsuaspis

P'an, 1962
Binomial name
Kiangsuaspis nankingensis
P'an, 1962

Kiangsuaspis nankingensis is an extinct phyllocarid crustaceans 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

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  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q16983934 entry