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Peichiashania prima

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae

Taxonomy
Peichiashania prima was named by Shergold (1980). Its type specimen is CPC 15025, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lily Creek Section K201, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Peichiashania prima Shergold p. 73 figs. Pl. 25, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyKaolishaniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPeichiashaniaChang 1959
speciesprima

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.

Peichiashania prima Shergold 1980
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:29:56
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:29:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Iverian or 494.00000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) Peichiashania prima (type locality: 228024 228025 228184 228191 228194 228197 228198 228199 228201 228218)