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Wujiajiania

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Wujiajiania was named by Lu and Lin (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Wujiajiania expansa.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Wujiajiania Lu and Lin
2002Wujiajiania Jell and Adrain p. 460
2002Wujiajiania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusWujiajianiaLu and Lin 1980

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. †Wujiajiania Lu and Lin 1980
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Wujiajiania expansa Lu and Lin 1980
Wujiajiania lyndasmithae Chatterton and Gibb 2016
Wujiajiania sutherlandi Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1998
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 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Paibian or 495.20000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.2USA (Nevada) W. sutherlandi (139707)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) W. lyndasmithae (219685) W. sutherlandi (54074)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (British Columbia) W. sp. (50595)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean495.2 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) W. expansa (125668) W. expansa, W. tachenensis (125523) W. tachenensis (125522 125525 125566 125567)