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Chosenia

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Chosenia was named by Kobayashi (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Chosenia laticephala.

It was assigned to Leiostegiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. divergens, C. laticephala (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Chosenia Kobayashi
2002Chosenia Jell and Adrain p. 358
2002Chosenia 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
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusChoseniaKobayashi 1934

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. †Chosenia Kobayashi 1934
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Chosenia divergens Lu 1975
Chosenia laticephala Kobayashi 1934
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 06:30:50
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:30:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Tremadoc or 484.30000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Heibei Provence) C. laticephala (157261 157265)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Jilin Provence) C. laticephala (157250)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) C. adumsensis (165772)