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Hsuchuangia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Hsuchuangia was named by Lu and Zhu (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m Sepkoski's reference number: ZR83]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Crepicephalidae by Lu and Zhu (2001); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hsuchuangia Lu and Zhu
2001Hsuchuangia Lu and Zhu
2002Hsuchuangia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCrepicephalidae
genusHsuchuangiaLu and Zhu 1983

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. †Hsuchuangia Lu and Zhu 1983
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Hsuchuangia huoshanensis Zhang and Wang 1985
Hsuchuangia longiceps Lu and Zhu 2001
Hsuchuangia luliangshanensis Zhang and Wang 1985
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:45:55
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:57:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) H. elongata (129139) H. huoshanensis (129120) H. luliangshanensis (129008) H. luliangshanensis, H. angustilimbata (129121) H. sp. (129009)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Anhui) H. sp. (125514 125515 125517)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shandong) H. hsuchuangensis, H. luliangshanensis, H. longiceps (124906)