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Sagavia laxa

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Sagavia laxa was named by Zhou et al. (2014). Its type specimen is NIGP 155356, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Sagavia laxa Zhou et al. p. 85 figs. Fig. 41J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusSagaviaKoroleva 1967
specieslaxa

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.

Sagavia laxa Zhou et al. 2014
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:46:35
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:32:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sandbian or 458.40000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Xinjiang) Sagavia laxa (188346 188351 188352 188355 188356 188357 188358)