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Maotianshania

Taxonomy
Maotianshania was named by Sun and Huo (1987). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Maotianshaniidae by Zhang and Hua (2005); to Nematomorpha by Bambach et al. (2007); and to Palaeoscolecidomorpha by Shi et al. (2022).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Maotianshania Sun and Huo
2005Maotianshania Zhang and Hua p. 3
2007Maotianshania Bambach et al.
2022Maotianshania Shi et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
CycloneuraliaAhlrichs 1995
Scaldiphora
phylumPriapulidaThéel 1906
Palaeoscolecidomorpha
genusMaotianshaniaSun and Huo 1987

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.

G. †Maotianshania Sun and Huo 1987
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Maotianshania cylindrica Sun and Huo 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsp
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-02-19 18:04:49
Modified: 2009-09-21 15:59:14
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Atdabanian or 530.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian530.0 - 520.0China (Yunnan) M. cylindrica (6817 6818 6819)
Tommotian - Caerfai530.0 - 513.0China (Yunnan) M. cylindrica (9783)
Caerfai - St Davids530.0 - 501.0China (Yunnan) M. cylindrica (9937 9940 9941)
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0China (Hubei) M. cylindrica (68086)
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) M. cylindrica (9938 68083 86846 86851 90161 90163 90166 90494) M. sp. (86929 86930 86933)