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Fenghuangella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Diceratocephalidae

Taxonomy
Fenghuangella was named by Yang (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant. Its type is Fenghuangella laochatianensis.

It was assigned to Diceratocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Fenghuangella Yang
1980Cyclolorenzellina Ergaliev
2002Fenghuangella Jell and Adrain
2002Cyclolenzellina 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyDiceratocephalidaeLu 1954
genusFenghuangellaYang 1977

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. †Fenghuangella Yang 1977
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Fenghuangella coniformis Ergaliev 1980
Fenghuangella lata Qian and Zhou 1984
Fenghuangella magnispina Lin et al. 1983
Fenghuangella striata Qian and Zhou 1984
Fenghuangella subtriangularis Lin et al. 1983
Invalid names: Cyclolorenzellina Ergaliev 1980 [synonym]
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-06 00:39:56
Modified: 2010-01-06 02:39:56
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ayusokkanian to the top of the Paibian or 499.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) F. magnispina (127376 127378 127379) F. striata, F. lata (127387) F. subtriangularis (127377)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) F. coniforma (49176 49179 126305 126313 126314 126317 126328 128931) F. coniforma, F. laochatianensis (126440) F. coniforma, F. magnispina, F. laochatianensis (128933) F. fusilis (126444) F. laochatianensis (49181 49182 49184 126323 126329 126330 126346 126348 126439 128930 130012) F. liostracinala (49187 49190 107050 126442 126443) F. liostracinala, F. laochatianensis (49185)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan F. coniformis (118245 118249)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) F. liostracinala (126136)