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Sichuanolenus nanjiangensis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Estaingiidae

Taxonomy
Sichuanolenus nanjiangensis was named by Zhang et al. (1980). It is not extant. Its type locality is Nanjiang, which is in a Nangaoian marine horizon in the Yanwangbian Formation of China. It is the type species of Sichuanolenus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Sichuanolenus nanjiangensis Zhang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEstaingiidaeOpik 1970
genusSichuanolenus
speciesnanjiangensis

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.

Sichuanolenus nanjiangensis Zhang et al. 1980
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-05 23:09:10
Modified: 2010-01-06 01:09:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Sichuan) Sichuanolenus nanjiangensis (type locality: 127730)