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Nankinolithus

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Nankinolithus was named by Lu (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 875].

It was assigned to Trinucleidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
N. granulatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
N. nankinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nankinolithus Lu
2002Nankinolithus Jell and Adrain p. 409
2002Nankinolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusNankinolithusLu 1957

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. †Nankinolithus Lu 1957
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†Nankinolithus granulatus Wahlenberg 1818
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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-06-09 08:32:52
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:42:54
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dawan to the top of the Rawtheyan or 478.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Hubei) N. sp. (7727)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czechia N. sp. (3858)
Costonian - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (GanSu) N. sp. (8548)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden (Vestergotland) Tretaspis granulata (76080)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) N. sp. (7781)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (YunNan) N. sp. (7743)
Longvillian - Onnian457.2 - 449.5China (Sichuan) N. sp. (7644 7655)
Marshbrookian - Onnian455.0 - 449.5China (Hubei) N. sp. (7722)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Sichuan) N. sp. (7255 7667)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Guizhou) N. sp. (7637)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangSu) N. sp. (7929 7942)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (AnHui) N. sp. (7817 7835 7848 7858)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ShanXi) N. sp. (7882 7917)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (JiangXi) N. sp. (7749)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hunan) N. sp. (7688 7697)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hunan and Hubei) N. sp. (7714)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) N. sp. (7768 7779 7794 7804 7809)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Xinjian) N. sp. (185164 185170)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (JiangSu) N. nankinensis (192794 192796)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Kazakhstan (Abai) N. granulatus (235977)
Harju450.5 - 443.1Sweden N. sp. (378 379)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) N. granulatus (192914) N. sp. (75890 185151)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia Tretaspis granulata (3875 238013)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Guizhou) N. sp. (4750 7382)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Hubei) N. sp. (4689)
Pusgillian - Cautleyan449.5 - 448.8China (JiangSu) N. sp. (7872)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Vastergotland) Tretaspis granulata (74932)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Skåne) Tretaspis granulata (153975 153976 153977 153978 153979 153980 153981 153982 153983)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Tretaspis granulata (13130)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Maine) N. granulatus (185954)
Wufeng449.4 - 443.1China (Guizhou) N. sp. (7636)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) N. sp. (3675)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) N. sp. (3666 3671 3676 3681)