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Songtaoia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Hungaiidae

Taxonomy
Songtaoia was named by Yin (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 927]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Songtaoia Yin
2002Songtaoia Jell and Adrain p. 446
2002Songtaoia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyHungaiidaeRaymond 1924
genusSongtaoiaYin 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. †Songtaoia Yin 1978
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:59:31
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:59:31
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China S. cylindrata (66259) S. tuberculata, S. sp. (66260 66261)