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Peichiashania

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae

Taxonomy
Peichiashania was named by Chang (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,483]. It is not extant. Its type is Eymekops rectangularis.

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

Species
P. hunanensis, P. prima, P. quarta, P. rectangularis, P. secunda, P. tertia
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. quaria
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Peichiashania Chang
2002Peichiashania Jell and Adrain p. 423
2002Peichiashania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyKaolishaniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPeichiashaniaChang 1959

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. †Peichiashania Chang 1959
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†Peichiashania prima Shergold 1980
†Peichiashania quarta Shergold 1980
†Peichiashania secunda Shergold 1980
†Peichiashania tertia Shergold 1980
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 06:29:56
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:29:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) P. sp., P. hunanensis (126669)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hebei) P. rectangularis (129596)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) P. prima (228184 228191 228194 228197 228198 228199 228201 228218) P. prima, P. secunda (228024 228025) P. quaria (228033) P. quarta (228032 228040) P. secunda (193847 228027 228028 228043) P. sp. (228041 228186 228223) P. tertia (228029 228030 228031 228039 228042)
Iverian - Payntonian494.2 - 488.3Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (90359)