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Mufushania

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Probowmania (Mufushania) was named by Lin (1965). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Mufushania by Jell and Adrain (2002), Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Probowmania by Lin (1965); and to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Probowmania (Mufushania) Lin
2002Mufushania Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusMufushania(Lin 1965)

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. †Mufushania Lin 1965
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Mufushania transversa Yang et al. 1993
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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) M. nankingensis (235431) Probowmania nankingensis (127439) Probowmania sp. (125152 125154 125155 125156 125157 125158)
Duyunian - Taijangian514.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) M. sp. (107157)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Henan) M. transversa (127072)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Hubei) M. sp. (130257)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Probowmania sp. (125159)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0India M. nankingensis (116550)