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Shengia quadrata

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae

Taxonomy
Shengia quadrata was named by Hsiang (1963) [in Jegorova et al.]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. spinosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Shengia quadrata Hsiang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLisaniidaeChang 1963
genusShengiaXiang 1963
speciesquadrataHsiang 1963

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.

†Shengia quadrata Hsiang 1963
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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: 2010-01-04 05:23:59
Modified: 2010-01-04 07:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Paibian or 497.00000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) Shengia quadrata (126286 126650 126651)