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Maladioides

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Maladioides was named by Kobayashi (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1,472]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Elviniidae by Yang et al. (1993); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterocephaliidae by Park and Choi (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Maladioides Kobayashi
1993Maladioides Yang et al.
2002Maladioides Sepkoski
2011Maladioides Park and Choi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusMaladioidesKobayashi 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. †Maladioides Kobayashi 1933
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Maladioides coreanicus Kobayashi 1935
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Invalid names: Anderssonella primitiva Qian 1994 [synonym]
Maladioides qinlingensis Yang et al. 1993
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: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Niuchehean or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hebei) M. sp. (129590)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85South Korea M. coreanicus (236872 236873)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Henan) M. qinlingensis (127079)