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Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) dawanensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) dawanensis Lu
2019Aulacopleura (Paraaulacopleura) dawanensis Zhou and Zhou p. 161 fig. 9A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusAulacopleuraHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusParaaulacopleuraChaubet 1937
speciesdawanensisLu 1975

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: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:02:16
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:02:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Dapingian to the top of the Arenigian or 470.00000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) Aulacopleura dawanensis (116203)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China (Hubei) Aulacopleura dawanensis (116200 221220)