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Shitaia

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Shitaia was named by Qian and Zhang (1983) [in Qiu et al.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Idahoiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Shitaia Qian and Zhang
2002Shitaia Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusShitaiaQian and Zhang 1983

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. †Shitaia Qian and Zhang 1983
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:57
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:02:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Niuchehean or 489.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Anhui) S. jingxianensis (127324)