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Pseudomapania

Trilobita - Mapaniidae

Taxonomy
Pseudomapania was named by Yuan and Yin (1998). It is not extant. Its type is Pseudomapania cylindrica.

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

Species
P. cylindrica (type species), P. truncata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Pseudomapania Yuan and Yin
2002Pseudomapania Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyMapaniidaeZhang 1963
genusPseudomapania

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. †Pseudomapania Yuan and Yin 1998
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Pseudomapania cylindrica Yuan and Yin 1998
Pseudomapania truncata Yuan and Yin 1998
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: 2010-01-03 23:48:43
Modified: 2010-01-04 01:48:43
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Paibian or 500.50000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) P. cylindrica (125073) P. truncata (125072)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) P. cylindrica (49182 126313 126317 126323 126324 126328 126330 126348 126440 126441)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) P. cylindrica (126130)