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Eoshengia

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae

Taxonomy
Eoshengia was named by Yang (1978) [Order: Ptychipariida; Family: Diceratocephalidae Middle Cambrian; China, Korea]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lisaniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002), Hong et al. (2003).

Species
E. constricta, E. dongqinlingia, E. gaoqiaogouensis, E. parva, E. tenuis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2005-04-08; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Eoshengia Yang
2002Eoshengia Jell and Adrain p. 373
2003Eoshengia Hong et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLisaniidaeChang 1963
genusEoshengiaYang 1978

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. †Eoshengia Yang 1978
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†Eoshengia constricta Zhang 1981
†Eoshengia dongqinlingia Yang et al. 1993
†Eoshengia gaoqiaogouensis Yang et al. 1993
†Eoshengia parva Yang et al. 1993
†Eoshengia tenuis Zhang 1981
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-04 05:23:59
Modified: 2010-01-04 07:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
St Davids506.5 - 497.0North Korea E. sp. (49082)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) E. constricta (127075)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) E. sp. (127065)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) E. tenuis (127067)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) E. tenuis, E. gaoqiaogouensis (127068)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) E. constricta, E. dongqinlingia, E. parva (127077)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) E. sp. (127371 127380)