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Wuania venusta

Trilobita - Wuaniidae

Taxonomy
Wuania venusta was named by Zhang and Yuan (1981). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gangdeershan, Sunaspis zone, which is in a Taijangian carbonate limestone in the Hsuchuang Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Wuania venusta Zhang and Yuan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyWuaniidae
genusWuaniaChang 1963
speciesvenusta

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.

Wuania venusta Zhang and Yuan 1981
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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 513.00000 to 505.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian513.0 - 505.0China (Nei Mongol) Wuania venusta (type locality: 125419)
Taijangian513.0 - 505.0China (Henan) Wuania venusta (129010)