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Chencunia

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpididae

Taxonomy
Chencunia was named by Qiu (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Chencunia tripleura.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpididae by Peng (1992) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).

Species
C. tripleura (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Chencunia Qiu
1992Chencunia Peng
2002Chencunia Sepkoski
2021Chencunia Beech and Lamsdell p. 2220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpididaeWhittington 1950
genusChencunia

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. †Chencunia Qiu 1984
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Chencunia tripleura Qiu 1984
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: limitedf
Created: 2010-01-21 04:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-21 06:26:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Taoyuanian or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Anhui) C. tripleura (127322)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) C. tripleura (126719)