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Sunaspididae

Trilobita - Sunaspididae

Taxonomy
Sunaspididae was named by Zhang and Jell (1987). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Lu and Zhu (2001) and Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Sunaspididae Zhang and Jell
2001Sunaspididae Lu and Zhu
2011Sunaspididae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familySunaspididaeZhang and Jell 1987
familySunaspididaeZhang and Jell 1987

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.

Fm. †Sunaspididae Zhang and Jell 1987
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G. †Sunaspidella Zhang and Yuan 1981
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Sunaspidella limbata Zhang et al. 1995
Sunaspidella rara Zhang and Yuan 1981
G. †Sunaspis Lu 1953
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Sunaspis laevis Lu 1953
Sunaspis lui Lee 1965
Sunaspis triangularis Zhang et al. 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
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Nei Mongol) Sunaspidella rara (125419)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shaanxi) Sunaspis triangularis (125430)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Henan) Sunaspidella sp. (129128) Sunaspis laevis (129143) Sunaspis laevis, Sunaspis lui (129127) Sunaspis lui (129126) Sunaspis sp., Sunaspidella limbata (129010)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shandong) Sunaspis laevis (124907)
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Shanxi) Sunaspis sp., Sunaspis laevis, Sunaspis triangularis (125220)