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Chatiania convexa

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Corynexochidae

Taxonomy
Chatiania convexa was named by Peng et al. (2004). It is not extant. Its type locality is Paibi section, bed 26, which is in a Guzhangian slope packstone/grainstone in the Huaqiao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Chatiania convexa Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyCorynexochidaeAngelin 1854
genusChatianiaYang 1977
speciesconvexa

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.

†Chatiania convexa Peng et al. 2004
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Chatiania convexa (type locality: 49176 49177 49180 49181 49184)