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Prochuangia

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Prochuangia was named by Kobayashi (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,464]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pagodiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Leiostegiidae by Peng et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Prochuangia Kobayashi
2002Prochuangia Jell and Adrain p. 430
2002Prochuangia Sepkoski
2004Prochuangia Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusProchuangiaKobayashi 1935

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. †Prochuangia Kobayashi 1935
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Prochuangia glabella Shergold 1980
Prochuangia leiocephala Peng et al. 1999
Prochuangia longispina Lu and Zhu 1980
Prochuangia turcica Dean 2006
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 mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Sakian or 498.50000 to 492.80000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan - Merioneth504.5 - 485.4Iran (Semnan) P. sp. (22823)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Turkey P. turcica (133720)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) P. granulosa (126688)
Paibian - Guzhangian497.0 - 497.0Turkey P. turcica (133718)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) P. granulosa (126139 126140 126141 126143 126144 126145 126147 126283 126286 126650) P. granulosa, P. licinispinata (126651) P. granulosa, P. licinispinata, P. leiocephala (126130) P. leiocephala (49195) P. licinispinata (107054 126135 126652)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Anhui) P. longispina (127477)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan P. mansuyi (118260 118263 118264 118304 118305)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4France P. gallica (56191)
Paibian - Taoyuanian497.0 - 485.4Turkey P. turcica (133719)
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) P. glabella (193847 228022 228023 228025 228026 228027 228028 228044 228184 228185)
Iverian - Payntonian494.0 - 488.3Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (90359)