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Wuhuia longa

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Wuhuia longa was named by Peng (1992). It is not extant. Its type locality is Wa'ergang, unit 20, 26, which is in a Taoyuanian slope limestone in the Shenjiawan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
W. dryope

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Wuhuia longa Peng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusWuhuiaKobayashi 1933
specieslonga

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.

†Wuhuia longa Peng 1992
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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 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Taoyuanian or 495.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) Wuhuia longa (type locality: 126669)