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Protaitzehoia

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Protaitzehoia was named by Yang (1978) [in Yin and Li]. It is not extant. Its type is Protaitzehoia yuepingensis.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Protaitzehoia Yang
2002Protaitzehoia 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
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusProtaitzehoiaYang 1978

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. †Protaitzehoia Yang 1978
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Protaitzehoia latelimbata Yuan and Yin 2001
Protaitzehoia nitida Yuan and Yin 2001
Protaitzehoia quadrata Resser and Endo 1937
Protaitzehoia spinifera Peng et al. 2004
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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Zhanaarykian to the top of the Ayusokkanian or 503.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Prodamesella quadrata (118102)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) P. latelimbata (125073) P. quadrata, P. nitida, P. granifera (125072)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) P. granifera (49177 107050 126439) P. granifera, P. subquadrata (49181 49182) P. intermedia, P. granifera, P. subquadrata (128930) P. sp., P. granifera (49185) P. sp., P. subquadrata (49176) P. spinifera (126318 126324 126346 126348) P. subquadrata (49183 126317 126319 126323 126325) P. yuepingensis (49188 126313 126314) P. yuepingensis, P. subquadrata, P. spinifera (49184)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Prodamesella quadrata (118158)