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Shenjiawania

Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

Taxonomy
Shenjiawania was named by Peng (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Shenjiawania Peng
2002Shenjiawania Jell and Adrain pp. 444, 474
2002Shenjiawania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyNileidaeAngelin 1854
genusShenjiawaniaPeng 1984

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. †Shenjiawania Peng 1984
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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 18:08:02
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:04:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Niuchehean or 489.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) S. brevica (126682 126683)