PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Schantungia

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy

Schantungia was named by Lorenz (1906).

It was assigned to Leiostegiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Chuangia austriaca, Chuangia batia, Chuangia puteata, Chuangia subquadrangulata, Chuangia wulingensis

Synonyms

Chuangia was named by Walcott (1911) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Sepkoski's reference number: 464,472]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Schantungia by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).
Parachuangia was named by Qiu (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm u Sepkoski's reference number: ZR83]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chuangia by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Schantungia Lorenz
1911	Chuangia Walcott
1983	Parachuangia Qiu
2002	Schantungia Jell and Adrain p. 442
2002	Chuangia Sepkoski
2002	Parachuangia Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843

Rank	Name	Author
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Corynexochida
suborder	Leiostegiina	Bradley 1925
superfamily	Leiostegioidea	Bradley 1925
family	Leiostegiidae	Bradley 1925
genus	Schantungia	Lorenz 1906

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.

G. †Schantungia Lorenz 1906

show all | hide all

Invalid names: Chuangia Walcott 1911 [synonym]

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

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-12-14 06:30:50

Modified:

2009-12-14 08:30:50

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Niuchehean or 500.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (43 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Mayan - Merioneth	504.5 - 486.85	Iran (Semnan)	Chuangia sp. (22823)
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	Türkiye	Chuangia sp. (133716)
Paibian	497.0 - 494.2	China (Hunan)	Chuangia austriaca (126135 126139 126140 126141) Chuangia subquadrangulata (49193 49195 49196 126131) Chuangia wulingensis (126650 126651 126652)
Paibian	497.0 - 494.2	China (Hebei)	Chuangia batia, Chuangia puteata (129590)
Paibian	497.0 - 494.2	China (Henan)	Chuangia sp. (129212)
Sakian	497.0 - 492.8	Kazakhstan	Chuangia sp. (118263 118264) Chuangia tolli (118253 118255 118260)
Furongian	497.0 - 486.85	South Korea	Chuangia sp. (74269 236874 236875)
Paibian - Taoyuanian	497.0 - 486.85	China (Hunan)	Chuangia sp. (130015)
Taoyuanian	495.2 - 486.85	South Korea	Chuangia sp. (133448 133449 133451 133452 133453 133454 133455 133457 133458 133459 133461 133462 133463 133464 133467 133468 133469 133471)
Niuchehean	491.0 - 486.85	China (Hunan)	Chuangia batia (130103)