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Jiumenia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Jiumenia was named by Zhang et al. (1980). It is not extant. Its type is Jiumenia typica.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
J. spinosa, J. typica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Jiumenia Zhang et al.
2002Jiumenia Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusJiumenia

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. †Jiumenia Zhang et al. 1980
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Jiumenia spinosa Zhang et al. 1980
Jiumenia typica Zhang et al. 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Taijangian or 514.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian - Taijangian514.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) J. sp. (107169) J. spinosa (107172) J. typica (107166)