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