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Maladioidella hunanensis

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Maladioidella hunanensis 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
M. abdita, M. colcheai, M. colcheni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Maladioidella hunanensis 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
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusMaladioidellaEndo 1937
specieshunanensis

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
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 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 17:59:57
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:02:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taoyuanian or 495.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) Maladioidella hunanensis (type locality: 126669 126719 126722)