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Songkania

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Songkania was named by Chang (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Songkania Chang
2002Songkania Jell and Adrain p. 446
2002Songkania 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
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusSongkaniaChang 1974

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. †Songkania Chang 1974
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:39:57
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.50000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China (Hubei) S. hanjiadianensis (27813)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China (Guizhou) S. hanjiadianensis (27847)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China S. sp. (27773)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Yunnan) S. hanjiadianensis (27850)