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Wanshania wanshanensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy

Wanshania wanshanensis was named by Rong and Yang (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant. It is the type species of Wanshania.

Synonyms

Wanshania constricta was named by Peng (1987).

It was synonymized subjectively with Wanshania wanshanensis by Peng et al. (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1977	Wanshania wanshanensis Rong and Yang
1987	Wanshania constricta Peng p. 96 figs. pl. 7, fig. 5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)

Rank	Name	Author
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Corynexochida
suborder	Leiostegiina	Bradley 1925
superfamily	Leiostegioidea	Bradley 1925
family	Leiostegiidae	Bradley 1925
genus	Wanshania	Rong and Yang 1977
species	wanshanensis	Rong and Yang 1977

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.

†Wanshania wanshanensis Rong and Yang 1977

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Invalid names: Wanshania constricta Peng 1987 [synonym]

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 06:30:50

Modified:

2009-12-14 08:30:50

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Hunan)	Wanshania constricta (128930) Wanshania wanshanensis (49174 49176 49177 49178 49179 49180 49181 49182 49183 49303 126312 126314 126322 126328)