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Sinoparapilekia

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Sinoparapilekia was named by Peng (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 927]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pilekiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pilekiinae by Perez-Peris et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Sinoparapilekia Peng
2002Sinoparapilekia Jell and Adrain p. 445
2002Sinoparapilekia Sepkoski
2021Sinoparapilekia Perez-Peris et al. p. 859

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusSinoparapilekiaPeng 1990

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. †Sinoparapilekia Peng 1990
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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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Darriwilian or 486.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Iran S. sp. (66870)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Iran S. sp. (185918)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Iran S. sp. (66874)