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Wanhuaia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Wanhuaia was named by Yuan and Li (1999). It is not extant. Its type is Wanhuaia granulosa.

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Yuan and Li (1999).

Species
W. granulosa (type species), W. latilimbata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Wanhuaia Yuan and Li

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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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusWanhuaia

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. †Wanhuaia Yuan and Li 1999
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Wanhuaia granulosa Yuan and Li 1999
Wanhuaia latilimbata Yuan and Li 1999
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Duyunian or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Anhui) W. granulosa (125434) W. latilimbata (125435)