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Himalisania

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae

Taxonomy
Himalisania was named by Peng et al. (2009). It is not extant. Its type is Eoshengia sudani.

It was assigned to Lisaniidae by Peng et al. (2009).

Species
H. sudani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Himalisania 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
familyLisaniidaeChang 1963
genusHimalisania

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. †Himalisania Peng et al. 2009
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†Himalisania sudani Jell and Hughes 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-04 05:23:59
Modified: 2010-01-04 07:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Middle Cambrian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India H. sudani (114635 114663 114664 114666)