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Solenopleuridae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Solenopleuridae Angelin
1980Solenopleuridae Ahlberg
1997Solenopleuridae Whittington et al. p. 302
2000Solenopleuridae Bruton and Harper
2002Solenopleuridae Jell and Adrain
2005Solenopleuridae Hollingsworth p. 139
2008Solenopleuridae Landing et al. p. 898
2009Solenopleuridae Pour and Popov
2011Solenopleuridae Adrain p. 106
2015Solenopleuridae Lamsdell and Selden p. 377

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familySolenopleuridaeAngelin 1854
familySolenopleuridaeAngelin 1854

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. †Solenopleuridae Angelin 1854
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G. †Abakanopleura Sivov 1955
G. †Acanthometopus Lu and Qian 1983
G. †Acrocephalaspis Ivshin 1953
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Acrocephalaspis orientalis Lazarenko 1966
G. †Acrocephalina Troedsson 1937
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Acrocephalina acuta Troedsson 1937
Subfm. †Agraulinae Raymond 1913
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G. †Skehanos McMenamin 2002
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Skehanos quadrangularis Whitfield 1884
G. †Aiaiaspis Nazarov 1973
G. †Aidarella Lermontova 1951
G. †Albansia Howell 1937
G. †Aldanaspis Lermontova 1940
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Aldanaspis enodata Rozova 1964
G. †Badulesia Sdzuy 1968
G. †Bigranulella Shaw and Clark 1968
G. †Catasolenopleura Qiu 1983
G. †Changqingia Lu and Zhu 1983
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Changqingia chalcon Walcott 1911
Changqingia intermedia Walcott 1906
Changqingia laevis Peng et al. 1995
Changqingia luia Luo 2001
Invalid names: Austrosinia Zhang and Jell 1987 [synonym]
G. †Conicephalus Yang et al. 1993
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Conicephalus caigouensis Yang et al. 1993
G. †Crusoia Walcott 1924
G. †Denaspis Repina 1973
G. †Eilura Resser and Endo 1935
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Eilura quadrata Resser and Endo 1937
G. †Ejinaspis Lu and Zhou 1986
G. †Herse Hawle and Corda 1847
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Invalid names: Solenopleurina Ruzicka 1938 [objective synonym]
G. †Huzhuia Zhu 1965
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Huzhuia paratypica Yang 1978
G. †Hyperoparia Zhang 1983
G. †Inouyella Resser and Endo 1935
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Inouyella yiyangensis Meng 1977
G. †Kabuqiia Zhang 1987
G. †Karagandoides Ivshin 1962
G. †Keeleaspis Fritz 1972
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Keeleaspis pustula Fritz 1972
Keeleaspis stupenda Fritz 1972
Keeleaspis terhaari Hollingsworth 2005
G. †Lashushania Zhang 1999
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Lashushania lashuensis Zhang 1999
G. †Levisia Walcott 1911
G. †Lianglangshania Zhang and Wang 1985
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Lianglangshania hueirenensis Zhang and Wang 1985
G. †Liosolenopleura Thoral 1947
G. †Lophodesella Zhang et al. 1980
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Lophodesella henanensis Zhang et al. 1995
Lophodesella quadrata Zhang et al. 1980
Lophodesella rectangula Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Maiaspis Chernysheva 1956
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Maiaspis blandita Rozova 1964
Maiaspis mirabilis Chernysheva 1956
Maiaspis quadrata Chernysheva 1956
G. †Manublesia Alvaro 1996
G. †Menocephalites Kobayashi 1935
G. †Minupeltis Palmer 1960
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Minupeltis conservator Palmer 1960
Minupeltis definita Palmer 1965
G. †Munija Khramova 1980
G. †Munijia
G. †Neosolenopleurella Ju 1983
G. †Nilegna Opik 1967
G. †Ninaspis Ivshin 1953
G. †Oreisator Geyer and Malinky 1997
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Oreisator tichkaensis Geyer and Malinky 1997
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Invalid names: Strenuella spinosa Neltner 1938 [synonym]
G. †Paracrocephalites Poulsen 1954
G. †Parasolenopleura Westergard 1953
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Parasolenopleura aculeata Angelin 1951
Parasolenopleura peregrina Wallerius 1930
Parasolenopleura wurmi Geyer 2017
G. †Pardailhania Thoral 1947
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Pardailhania hispida Thoral 1935
G. †Perneraspis Prantl 1947
G. †Pingluia Zhang and Wang 1985
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Pingluia pingluensis Zhang and Wang 1985
G. †Proavus Poletaeva 1972
G. †Pseudosolenoparia Zhou 1974
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Pseudosolenoparia angusta Zhang et al. 1980
Pseudosolenoparia normalis Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Rimouskia Resser 1938
G. †Rina Poletaeva 1964
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Rina abdita Rozova 1964
Rina celebrata Rozova 1964
Rina postrema Rozova 1964
G. †Sao Barrande 1846
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Invalid names: Acanthocnemis Hawle and Corda 1847 [synonym], Acanthogramma Hawle and Corda 1847 [synonym], Crithias Hawle and Corda 1847 [synonym]
G. †Shanghaiaspis Xu and Ju 1987
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Shanghaiaspis decipiens Xu and Ju 1987
Shanghaiaspis latilimbatus Xu and Ju 1987
Shanghaiaspis usualis Xu and Ju 1987
G. †Solenoparia Kobayashi 1935
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Solenoparia agno Walcott 1905
Solenoparia bisulcata Kobayashi 1961
Solenoparia conica Yang et al. 1993
Solenoparia jiangsuensis Lin et al. 1983
Solenoparia miaohouensis Zhang et al. 1980
Solenoparia minuta Lu and Chang 1974
G. †Solenoparops Chang 1963
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Solenoparops lata Zhang et al. 1995
Solenoparops similis Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Solenopleurella Poulson 1927
Subfm. †Solenopleurinae Angelin 1854
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G. †Jincella Snajdr 1957
G. †Solenopleura Angelin 1854
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Solenopleura borealis Poulsen 1927
Solenopleura bucculenta Grönwall 1902
Solenopleura bullata Poulsen 1927
Solenopleura gronwalli Poulsen 1927
Solenopleura holometopa Angelin 1851
Solenopleura pruina Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
Solenopleura similis Poulsen 1927
G. †Solenopleuropsis Thoral 1947
G. †Squarrosoella Zhang et al. 1980
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Squarrosoella tuberculata Zhang et al. 1980
G. †Trachoparia Zhang 1963
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Trachoparia bigranosa Endo 1937
G. †Usumunaspis Lazerenko 1962
G. †Wafangdiania Zhang 1999
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G. †Yabeia Reswer and Endo 1935
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: 2009-12-19 04:35:04
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:35:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Ludlow or 514.00000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (212 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caerfai538.8 - 509.0USA (New York) Rimouskia sp. (181)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Keeleaspis pustula (156159) Keeleaspis stupenda (156143) Keeleaspis stupenda, Keeleaspis pustula (156147 156150 156156 156157 156158)
Branchian517.1 - 509.0United Kingdom (England) Strenuella spinosa (79928)
Branchian517.1 - 509.0Canada (Newfoundland) Skehanos quadrangularis (225124 225125 225126)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Denaspis sp. (57020)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Tuva) Usumunaspis sp. (81479)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Solenopleura singularis (10168)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Keeleaspis terhaari (204959)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (New York) Solenopleura sp. (182)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Shanghai) Shanghaiaspis usualis, Shanghaiaspis latilimbatus, Shanghaiaspis decipiens (130255)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Hubei) Solenoparia sp. (130256)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Heilongjiang) Solenopleurella sp. (128446)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Guizhou) Pseudosolenoparia yankongensis, Pseudosolenoparia angusta, Pseudosolenoparia normalis (107132)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Morocco Parasolenopleura sp., Oreisator tichkaensis (9123)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Morocco Oreisator tichkaensis (174757)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Montana) Solenopleurella sp. (64489)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (New Brunswick) Badulesia tenera (34599)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Czech Republic (Bohemia) Solenopleurina tyrovicensis (67708 67738)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan Solenopleura emarginata (9973 9976)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Spain (Zaragoza) Solenopleuropsis simula, Solenopleuropsis marginata, Solenopleuropsis thorali (203131)
Solvan - Menevian510.2 - 499.5Czech Republic Jincella prantli (73529) Perneraspis conifrons (73545) Sao hirsuta, Solenopleurina tyrovicensis, Jincella prantli (73557)
Solvan - Menevian510.2 - 499.5USA (Pennsylvania) Solenopleurella elatifrons (8597) Solenopleurella elatifrons, Solenopleurella transversa (8593 8594 8595) Solenopleurella transversa, Solenopleurella elatifrons (8596)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Gansu) Menocephalites simplex, Menocephalites triangulata, Solenoparia zhangxiaensis, Trachoparia intermedia, Trachoparia agave, Pingluia sp. (232843)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shandong) Solenoparia angustilimbata (127528) Solenoparia sp. (124908)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Anhui) Solenoparia sp. (125513) Solenoparia sp., Solenoparia transversa (125519)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shaanxi) Changqingia chalcon, Changqingia luia (124910) Lianglangshania hueirenensis, Eilura quadrata (124911)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shanxi) Solenoparia miaohouensis, Solenoparia multisegmenta, Solenoparops similis, Lophodesella rectangula, Lophodesella quadrata (125299) Solenoparia primitia (125215) Solenoparia ruichengensis, Solenoparia transversa (125217) Squarrosoella tuberculata (125275)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hubei) Solenoparia minuta (130257)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Nei Mongol) Solenoparia trapezoidalis (125417)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hunan) Changqingia intermedia (49159) Menocephalites hunanensis (49158) Menocephalites pauperata (49155)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Guizhou) Solenoparia sp. (107135) Solenopleurina xingrenensis (127441)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) Austrosinia chalcon (129133) Austrosinia chalcon, Lianglangshania hueirenensis, Solenoparops similis, Lophodesella sp. (129134) Austrosinia chalcon, Lophodesella sp., Inouyella yiyangensis, Lophodesella henanensis (129020) Lophodesella sp. (129019) Solenoparia conica (127072) Solenoparia sp., Austrosinia intermedia (129146) Solenoparia sp., Solenoparia talingensis (129125 129141) Solenoparia talingensis (129120 129124 129142) Solenoparops lata (129123 129139)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5South Korea Solenoparia bisulcata (232930)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Spain (Asurias) Solenopleuropsis sp. (198906)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Spain Jincella sp., Parasolenopleura aculeata, Badulesia tenera, Badulesia granieri (55265)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Turkey Solenopleuropsis marginata (69934)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Norway Solenopleura parva (155477 155478) Solenopleura parva, Solenopleura munsteri (155475)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Jincella prantli (198923) Liosolenopleura servanti, Solenopleuropsis verdiagana, Solenopleuropsis monceretorum, Solenopleuropsis rouayrouxi, Solenopleuropsis multigranifera (198927)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Spain (Aragon) Manublesia thorali (198937)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Norway (Rogaland) Solenopleura bucculenta, Parasolenopleura peregrina (190113)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Germany (Bayern) Parasolenopleura sp. (97598)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Jince) Solenopleura tyrovicensis (76484)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Sao hirsuta, Jincella prantli, Herse neubergi (67775)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Kyrgyzstan Jincella sp. (116223)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India Changqingia sp. (116467) Solenoparia shanxiensis (116461) Solenoparia talingensis (116460)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Italy (Iglesiente) Pardailhania hispida (139880)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Poland Solenopleurina linnarssoni, Jincella munsteri (72271 72272)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Greenland Parasolenopleura aculeata (10477) Solenopleurella transversa (10485)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Spain (León) Solenopleuropsis simula, Solenopleuropsis sp. (90554)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Central Boemian) Sao hirsuta, Solenopleurina tyrovicensis (76456)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic Sao hirsuta, Solenopleurina tyrovicensis (199038) Solenopleurina tyrovicensis (198920)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0United Kingdom (Shropshire) Solenopleura applanata, Solenopleura indet., Solenopleura brachymetopa, Solenopleura bucculenta (55509)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Solenopleurella sp. (215)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (New Brunswick) Badulesia tenera (34600)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Spain (Zaragoza) Badulesia granieri (90546) Solenopleuropsis spp. (141553) Solenopleuropsis verdiagana, Solenopleuropsis riberoi (90560)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Solenopleura sp. (46501)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Greenland Solenopleura bucculenta (10488 10489)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0Turkey Pardailhania hispida (133683 133685)
Taijangian - Wangcunian509.0 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) Eilura hanchengensis (124912)
Tuesaian505.3 - 503.0Kazakhstan Solenopleura emarginata (9968)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica Parasolenopleura amundseni, Parasolenopleura cooperi (69519) Solenopleura reillyense (69505)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation Aiaiaspis nativa, Aldanaspis truncata, Aldanaspis puncata, Aldanaspis lermontovae, Solenopleura elegans, Maiaspis quadrata (10118) Munija ovalis (10037)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) Aldanaspis sp., Solenopleura sp., Proavus sp. (10060 10062)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Maiaspis mirabilis, Rina celebrata, Aldanaspis enodata (131434) Maiaspis quadrata, Maiaspis mirabilis, Rina celebrata, Rina postrema (131435) Rina abdita (131433) Rina postrema (131486 131487) Solenopleura holometopa (131430) Solenopleura sp., Maiaspis blandita (131432)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5United Kingdom (Wales) Jincella applanata (193782) Solenopleurina variolaris (193783)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Nyeboe Land) Albansia sp. (9936)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Alaska) Parasolenopleura sp., Solenopleura sp. (10508)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Zaragoza) Solenopleuropsis thorali, Solenopleuropsis marginata, Solenopleuropsis verdiagana (192403)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Aragon) Badulesia granieri (196973) Pardailhania hispida (129415 196974) Pardailhania multispinosa (196975)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Kazakhstan Solenopleura sp. (56538)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Arizona) Solenopleura sp., Solenopleurella diligens (211) Solenopleurella erosa (158688) Solenopleurella porcata (158687 158689 158690 158694 158695)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) Solenopleura franklinensis (222)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) Solenopleuropsis sp. (107324)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Conicephalus caigouensis (127295)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) Solenoparia agno (124914)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Changqingia laevis (49163) Menocephalites sp. 1 (49275) Menocephalites sp. 2, Changqingia laevis (49162)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) Solenoparia jiangsuensis (127368)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Hubei) Solenoparia chalcon (130258)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Huzhuia paratypica (127076)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Hebei) Yabeia sp. (129270)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Germany Parasolenopleura parabolica, Parasolenopleura wurmi (186153 186156 186167 186168) Parasolenopleura sp. (186166) Parasolenopleura wurmi (186148 186149 186151 186152 186154 186155 186157 186158 186160 186161 186163 186164 186165 186169 186170) Solenopleuropsis sp. (155786)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Solenoparia sp., Yabeia sp. (9963)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Turkey Solenopleuropsis sp. (155479 155556 155559 155560)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Solenoparia sp. (127077)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Spain Manublesia thorali (182509) Solenopleuropsis multigranifera, Solenopleuropsis rouayrouxi (182507) Solenopleuropsis spp. (182508)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Huzhuia latilimbata (49176) Huzhuia latilimbata, Huzhuia paratypica (49298) Huzhuia paratypica (49166 49168 49169 49170 49173 49174 49181 49182 49184 49295 128352 128365)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China Levisia sp. (233818)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Huzhuia sp. (227789) Solenopleura pruina (154032)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Liaoning) Lashushania lashuensis, Wafangdiania baijiaensis (127365)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8Russian Federation Munija modesta, Maiaspis mirabilis (81113)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) Huzhuia curvata (49195 126136)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Acrocephalaspis orientalis (132499)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Vermont) Bigranulella latigenae (8977)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Minupeltis conservator (75268)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Acrocephalina lata (203913)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (California) Minupeltis conservator (226280)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) Solenopleura sp. (217)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4Canada (Alberta-British Columbia) Solenopleurella sp. (213)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Acrocephalina lata, Acrocephalina contracta (205625)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Acrocephalina acuta (107335 126683)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Solenopleura sp. (188855)