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Eilura hanchengensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

Taxonomy
Eilura hanchengensis was named by Luo (2001). It is not extant. Its type locality is Hancheng, Dorypyge richthofeni zone, which is in a Taijangian/Wangcunian carbonate limestone in the Zhangxia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Eilura hanchengensis Luo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familySolenopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusEiluraResser and Endo 1935
specieshanchengensis

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:35:04
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:35:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Wangcunian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) Eilura hanchengensis (type locality: 124912)