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Wuhuia

Artiopoda - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Wuhuia was named by Kobayashi (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Cm Trep Sepkoski's reference number: 16,464]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Wuhuia Kobayashi
2002Wuhuia Jell and Adrain p. 460
2002Wuhuia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusWuhuiaKobayashi 1933

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. †Wuhuia Kobayashi 1933
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Wuhuia angustatus Ergaliev 1980
Wuhuia longa Peng 1992
Wuhuia silex 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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Iverian or 495.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) W. silex (124978)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) W. longa (126669)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85South Korea W. sp. (133475)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) W. dryope (198289) W. silex (228027 228028 228031 228038 228043)
Iverian - Payntonian494.2 - 488.3Australia (Queensland) W. sp. (90359)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 486.85Kazakhstan W. angustatus (118906 118907 118908 118909)