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Zhegangula

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Zhegangula was named by Hahn and Yuan (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: C Bash-u Sepkoski's reference number: 892]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Cummingellinae by Lerosey-Aubril (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Zhegangula Hahn and Yuan
2002Zhegangula Jell and Adrain p. 477
2002Zhegangula Sepkoski
2012Zhegangula Lerosey-Aubril p. 1028

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusZhegangulaHahn and Yuan 1989

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. †Zhegangula Hahn and Yuan 1989
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available