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Houmaia

Trilobita - Wuaniidae

Taxonomy
Houmaia was named by Zhang and Wang (1985). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Wuaniidae by Zhang et al. (1995).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Houmaia Zhang and Wang
1995Houmaia Zhang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyWuaniidae
genusHoumaiaZhang and Wang 1985

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. †Houmaia Zhang and Wang 1985
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Houmaia taitzuensis Endo 1937
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 (Henan) H. taitzuensis (129013 129131)