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Hsuchuangia hsuchuangensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Kochaspis hsuchuangensis was named by Lu (1953). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Hsuchuangia hsuchuangensis by Lu (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Kochaspis hsuchuangensis Lu
1983Hsuchuangia hsuchuangensis Lu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCrepicephalidae
genusHsuchuangiaLu and Zhu 1983
specieshsuchuangensis(Lu 1953)

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.

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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:45:55
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:57:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shandong) Hsuchuangia hsuchuangensis (124906)