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Wutingaspis

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Redlichiidae

Taxonomy
Wutingaspis was named by Kobayashi (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Wutingaspis tingi.

It was assigned to Redlichiidae by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Wutingaspis Kobayashi
1997Wutingaspis Whittington et al. p. 441
2002Wutingaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyRedlichiidaePoulsen 1927
genusWutingaspisKobayashi 1944

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. †Wutingaspis Kobayashi 1944
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Wutingaspis tingi Kobayashi 1944
Wutingaspis zhangshanensis Li et al. 1990
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-09-21 20:19:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:23
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.50000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Yunnan) W. malungensis (86851 90164 90165 90166) W. tingi (86847 90126 90128 90129) W. tingi, W. anningensis, W. planifrons (86846)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Yunnan) W. kunyangensis (128427) W. sp. (128431) W. tingi (128436 132328)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Sichuan) W. sp. (128408) W. sp., W. sichuanensis (128409) W. sp., W. sichuanensis, W. zhangshanensis (130127)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) W. euryoptilos (67980 67981 67983 67984)