Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Gaotania

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Gaotania was named by Chang (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acidaspidinae by Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Gaotania Chang
1991Gaotania Ramsköld and Chatterton p. 362
2002Gaotania Jell and Adrain p. 377
2002Gaotania Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
genusGaotaniaChang 1974

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. †Gaotania Chang 1974
show all | hide all
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
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.80000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5China (Yunnan) G. ovata (27849)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Queensland) G. bimusa (40018)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Hubei) G. sp. (27841)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China G. sp. (27773)