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Misszhouia

Nektaspidida - Naraoiidae

Taxonomy
Misszhouia was named by Chen et al. (1997).

It was assigned to Arachnomorpha by Cotton and Braddy (2003); to Nektaspidida by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017); and to Naraoiidae by Mayers et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Misszhouia Chen et al.
2003Misszhouia Cotton and Braddy
2017Misszhouia Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 8 fig. 6
2019Misszhouia Mayers et al. p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassTrilobitomorpha
orderNektaspidida(Raymond 1920)
familyNaraoiidaeWalcott 1912
genusMisszhouiaChen et al. 1997

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. †Misszhouia Chen et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Mayers et al. 2019Naraoiid nektaspids with the following characters: trunk length/total length ratio: ≥ 0.65; cephalic and trunk margins smooth. (Emended from Zhang et al. 2007.)
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-09-28 02:31:16
Modified: 2010-09-28 04:31:16
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Budd 1999, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Nangaoian to the top of the Middle Cambrian or 521.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Hubai) M. sp. (219687)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) M. longicaudata (171308)