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Ordosiidae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ordosiidae

Taxonomy
Ordosiidae was named by Lu (1954). It is not extant. Its type is Ordosia.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Dean (1982); and to Asaphida by Yuan et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Ordosiidae Lu
1982Ordosiidae Dean p. 5
2012Ordosiidae Yuan et al. p. 456

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyOrdosiidaeLu 1954
familyOrdosiidaeLu 1954

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. †Ordosiidae Lu 1954
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G. †Kontrastina Rozova 1964
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Kontrastina samodiica Rozova 1964
G. †Ordosia Lu 1954
G. †Paralevisia Zhang and Jell 1987
G. †Poshania Chang 1959
G. †Taitzuia Resser and Endo 1935
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Taitzuia abnormis Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Taitzuina Zhang and Yuan 1981
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Taitzuina lubrica Zhang and Yuan 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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Mayan or 509.00000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Ningxia) Taitzuina lubrica (125422)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Gansu) Paralevisia globosa, Paralevisia sp., Taitzuia insueta, O. gen. et sp. indet. (232843)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shanxi) Taitzuina lubrica (125423)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Kontrastina samodiica (131435 131486)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Poshania sp. (129151) Taitzuia sp. (129206)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) Taitzuia lui, Taitzuia sp., Taitzuia abnormis (125312)