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Shumardia tarimuensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia tarimuensis was named by Zhang (1981). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSXU-XTR 131, an exoskeleton.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Shumardia tarimuensis Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusShumardiaBillings 1862
speciestarimuensisZhang 1981

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.

Shumardia tarimuensis Zhang 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
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Sandbian or 468.00000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Xinjiang) Shumardia tarimuensis (188317 188318 188319 188320 188321 188323 188324 188325 188326 188328 188334)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Xinjiang) Shumardia tarimuensis (188339 188342 188343 188344 188345)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Gansu) Shumardia tarimuensis (182201)