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Shipaiella

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Shipaiella was named by Zhang et al. (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 463]. It is not extant. Its type is Shipaiella pyriformis.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dorypygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
S. pyriformis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Shipaiella Zhang et al.
2002Shipaiella Jell and Adrain
2002Shipaiella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusShipaiella

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. †Shipaiella Zhang et al. 1980
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Shipaiella pyriformis Zhang et al. 1980
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:22:53
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:22:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Nangaoian to the top of the Duyunian or 521.00000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Hubei) S. pyriformis (127811)