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Birmanites

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Birmanites was named by Sheng (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem O Ashg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 381].

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Birmanites Sheng
2002Birmanites Jell and Adrain p. 349
2002Birmanites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusBirmanitesSheng 1934

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. †Birmanites Sheng 1934
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Birmanites akchiensis Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011
Birmanites brevicus Xiang and Zhou 1987
Birmanites latus Angelin 1851
Birmanites qilangensis Zhang 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 11:58:11
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:58:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Pusgillian or 478.60000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (ZheJiang) B. sp. (7773 7780)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) B. sp. (7758)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (ShanXi) B. sp. (7887)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Xinjiang) B. brevicus (170838)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Yunnan) B. sp. (7290)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Xinjiang) B. brevicus (170841 170842) B. sp. 1 (188323 188325)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Guizhou) B. sp. (7359)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (AnHui) B. sp. (7840)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (XinJiang) B. sp. (20805)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9China (Hubei) B. sp. (4711)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9China (AnHui) B. sp. (7839)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (Guizhou) B. sp. (5142)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9China (Hubei) B. sp. (4712)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (AnHui) B. sp. (7838)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Sichuan) B. sp. (7646)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Hunan) B. sp. (7690)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (GanSu) B. sp. (8578)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (QingHai) B. sp. (8682)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Guizhou) B. hupeiensis (188418 188421 188426) B. sp., B. hupeiensis (188422 188425)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Hubei) B. sp. (7725)
Middle Llandeilo - Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Hubei) B. sp. (4710)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2China (Hubei) B. sp. (4708)
Costonian - Harnagian458.4 - 457.2China (GanSu) B. sp. (8552)
Harnagian458.4 - 457.2Ireland B. salteri (50607)
Costonian - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (GanSu) B. sp. (8548)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0China (Hubei) B. sp. (4691)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Gansu) B. asiaticus (182202) B. sp. (182201)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Xinjiang) B. kanlingensis (188338 188340 188341 188342 188345 188349 188358 188359 188360 188361) B. sp. 2, B. kanlingensis (188343)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Ireland B. salteri (50603 50605 50606 50609)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (XinJiang) B. sp. (20801 20802)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (AnHui) B. sp. (7828)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) B. sp. (7781)
Longvillian - Onnian457.2 - 449.5China (Sichuan) B. sp. (7644)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) B. sp. (7768 7779 7809)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (AnHui) B. sp. (7835 7848)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ShanXi) B. sp. (7917)
Actonian - Cautleyan454.0 - 448.8Iran (Gilan) B. asiaticus (232880)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (JiangSu) B. sp. (192794)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) B. qilangensis (188366 188369 188370 188371 188372 188374 188375 188376 188377)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Kazakhstan B. akchiensis (162198 162199) B. sp. (162027)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) B. latus (75890)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (GanSu) B. sp. (8558)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (ZheJiang) B. sp. (7767)