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Changshaniidae

Artiopoda - Changshaniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Changshaniidae Kobayashi
2002Changshaniidae Jell and Adrain p. 468
2006Changshaniidae Choi and Kim
2011Changshaniidae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyChangshaniidaeKobayashi 1935
familyChangshaniidaeKobayashi 1935

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.

Fm. †Changshaniidae Kobayashi 1935
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G. †Changshania Sun 1924
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Changshania conica Sun 1924
Changshania equalis Sun 1935
G. †Changshanocephalus Sun 1935
G. †Kazelia Walcott and Resser 1928
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Kazelia amsassiensis Sivov 1955
Invalid names: Kazellina Sivov 1955 [synonym]
G. †Mecophrys Shergold 1982
G. †Parachangshania Qian 1958
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Parachangshania monkei Kobayashi 1935
Parachangshania rectangularis Park and Choi 2011
G. †Paraqingshuiheella Lu and Qian 1984
G. †Wentsuia Sun 1935
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Wentsuia iota Shergold 1980
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: 2010-01-06 22:57:52
Modified: 2010-01-07 00:57:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Iverian or 500.50000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Spain Parachangshania sp. (197252)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85South Korea Changshania equalis, Parachangshania sp. (74269) Parachangshania monkei (236864 236865 236866 236867 236868 236869 236870 236871 236872 236873) Parachangshania rectangularis (236860 236861 236862 236863)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) Kazelia sp. (133600 133601)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85South Korea Changshania equalis (133457 133458)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hebei) Changshania equalis, Changshania conica (129592)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Henan) Changshania conica (129023 129214) Changshania sp., Changshania conica (129213)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Russian Federation (Novaya Zemlya) Kazelia speciosa (222974)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Wentsuia iota (228024 228028 228185 228191 228192 228193 228194 228195 228196 228197 228198 228199 228200 228201 228202 228203 228204 228218 228219 228220 228222)
Iverian - Payntonian494.2 - 488.3Australia (Queensland) Wentsuia sp. (90359)