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Zhenganites

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Zhenganites was named by Yin (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Zhou et al. (1998), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Eosoptychoparia Zhang
1978Zhenganites Yin
1981Eosoptychopyge Zhang
1998Zhenganites Zhou et al. p. 704
2002Zhenganites Jell and Adrain p. 463
2002Zhenganites 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
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusZhenganitesYin 1978

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. †Zhenganites Yin 1978
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Invalid names: Eosoptychoparia Zhang 1963 [synonym], Eosoptychopyge Zhang 1981 [synonym]
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Sandbian or 506.50000 to 452.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian - Taijangian514.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Eosoptychoparia conica (107157) Eosoptychoparia intermedia (107169)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0India Eosoptychoparia sp. (114668 114669 114674 114675)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Xinjiang) Z. xinjiangensis (170838 170839)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (XinJiang) Eosoptychopyge sp. (20806)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) Z. xinjiangensis (170840 170841 170842)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8China (Xinjiang) Z. xinjiangensis (188343 188344)