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Shirakiellidae

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Shirakiellidae

Taxonomy
Shirakiellidae was named by Kobayashi (1935). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Zhu and Wittke (1989); and to Leiostegiina by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Shirakiellidae Kobayashi
1989Shirakiellidae Zhu and Wittke
2011Shirakiellidae Adrain p. 105

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
familyShirakiellidaeKobayashi 1935
familyShirakiellidaeKobayashi 1935

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.

Fm. †Shirakiellidae Kobayashi 1935
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G. †Neoshirakiella Sun and Xiang 1979
G. †Shirakiella Kobayashi 1935
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Shirakiella elongata Kobayashi 1935
G. †Warburtonella Sun and Jago 2009
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Warburtonella coongiensis Sun and Jago 2009
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
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Iverian or 498.50000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) Shirakiellidae indet. (129812)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hebei) Shirakiella elongata (129601) Shirakiella sp. (129596)
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (South Australia) Warburtonella coongiensis (227786)