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Mapaniidae

Artiopoda - Mapaniidae

Taxonomy
Mapaniidae was named by Zhang (1963).

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Kang and Choi (2007); and to Trilobita by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Mapaniidae Zhang
2007Mapaniidae Kang and Choi p. 293
2011Mapaniidae 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
familyMapaniidaeZhang 1963
familyMapaniidaeZhang 1963

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. †Mapaniidae Zhang 1963
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G. †Mapania Resser and Endo 1935
G. †Mapanopsis Chang 1963
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†Mapanopsis expansus Chang 1963
†Mapanopsis nimis Nan and Chang 1982
G. †Metanomocarella Zhang 1959
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†Metanomocarella tumida Resser and Endo 1937
G. †Paramapania Yang et al. 1993
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†Paramapania qinlingensis Yang et al. 1993
G. †Quitacetra Opik 1967
G. †Quitalia Opik 1967
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: 2010-01-03 23:48:43
Modified: 2010-01-04 01:48:43
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Mayan or 506.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Hunan) Mapania jiangnanensis (49156)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Gansu) Mapanopsis nimis (232843)
Taijangian - Wangcunian506.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Mapania sp. (127073)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay) Mapania sp. (10173)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Queenslandd) Mapania dicella, Mapania synophrys (225252)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Paramapania qinlingensis (127077)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Mapania jiangnanensis (49298)