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Nahannia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Nahannia was named by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 690,795].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Nahannia Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 24
2002Nahannia Jell and Adrain p. 409
2002Nahannia 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
genusNahanniaChatterton and Ludvigsen 1976

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. †Nahannia Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
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Nahannia humilisulcata Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
Nahannia mediocrisulcata Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Chazyan to the top of the Blackriveran or 470.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) N. humilisulcata (24621) N. mediocrisulcata (25935 26054 26055) N. sp. (315)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) N. mediocrisulcata (24628) N. sp. (25930) N. sp., N. humilisulcata (25931)