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Wentsuia

Trilobita - Changshaniidae

Taxonomy
Wentsuia was named by Sun (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16,464]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Wentsuia Sun
2002Wentsuia Jell and Adrain p. 459
2002Wentusia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyChangshaniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusWentsuiaSun 1935

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. †Wentsuia Sun 1935
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Wentsuia iota Shergold 1980
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: 2010-01-06 22:57:52
Modified: 2010-01-07 00:57:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.00000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) W. iota (228024 228028 228185 228191 228192 228193 228194 228195 228196 228197 228198 228199 228200 228201 228202 228203 228204 228218 228219 228220 228222)
Iverian - Payntonian494.0 - 488.3Australia (Queensland) W. sp. (90359)