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Paracoosia

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Anomocaridae

Taxonomy
Paracoosia was named by Kobayashi (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,379]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anomocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002), Peng et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Paracoosia Kobayashi
1944Manchurocephalus Endo
2002Paracoosia Jell and Adrain p. 466
2002Manchurocephalus Sepkoski
2002Paracoosia Sepkoski
2004Paracoosia Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyAnomocaridaePoulsen 1927
genusParacoosiaKobayashi 1936

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. †Paracoosia Kobayashi 1936
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Paracoosia huayuanensis Peng et al. 2004
Paracoosia kingi Wittke 1984
Invalid names: Manchurocephalus Endo 1944 [synonym]
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 01:02:49
Modified: 2010-01-26 03:02:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) P. sp. (127377)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) P. huayuanensis (49182 49184 126439) P. kingi (49176 49180 126312 126313 126317 126325)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) P. asiatica (219647)