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Dameselloidea

Trilobita - Lichida

Taxonomy
Dameselloidea was named by Kobayashi (1935).

It was assigned to Lichida by Ren et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Damesellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Dameselloidea Kobayashi
2017Dameselloidea Ren et al. p. 424

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
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phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935

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.

Superfm. †Dameselloidea Kobayashi 1935
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Fm. †Damesellidae Kobayashi 1935
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G. †Adelogonus Opik 1967
G. †Bergeronites Sun 1937
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†Bergeronites jiangsuensis Lin et al. 1983
†Bergeronites kunshanensis Lin et al. 1983
†Bergeronites langyashanensis Lu and Zhu 1980
†Bergeronites neimonggolensis Zhang and Zhou 1993
†Bergeronites yushanensis Lin et al. 1983
G. †Blackwelderia Walcott 1906
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†Blackwelderia fortis Zhou 1980
†Blackwelderia mui Chu 1959
†Blackwelderia octaspina Kobayashi 1935
†Blackwelderia paronai Airaghi 1902
†Blackwelderia pingluensis Zhang and Wang 1986
†Blackwelderia sinensis Bergeron 1899
†Blackwelderia youshuica Peng et al. 2004
G. †Blackwelderioides Hupe 1953
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†Blackwelderioides monkei Walcott 1911
G. †Cyrtoprora Opik 1967
G. †Damesella Walcott 1905
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†Damesella blackwelderi Walcott 1905
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Invalid names: Cheirurus paronai Airaghi 1902 [synonym]
†Damesella hunanensis Peng et al. 2004
Invalid names: Haibowania Zhang 1985 [synonym]
G. †Damesops Chu 1959
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†Damesops convexus Chu 1959
G. †Dipentaspis Opik 1967
G. †Dipyrgotes Opik 1967
G. †Dipyrogotes Opik 1967
G. †Guancenshania Zhang and Wang 1986
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†Guancenshania lilia Zhang and Wang 1986
G. †Hercantyx Opik 1963
G. †Histiomona Opik 1967
G. †Karslanus Özdikmen 2009
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†Karslanus parteaculeatus Wolfart 1974
Invalid names: Ariaspis Wolfart 1974 [replaced]
G. †Kiyakius Özdikmen 2006
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†Kiyakius ichthyura Zhang 1983
Invalid names: Pionaspis Zhang 1983 [replaced]
G. †Liuheaspis Nan and Shi 1985
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†Liuheaspis stalkata Nan and Shi 1985
G. †Meringaspis Opik 1967
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†Meringaspis damaensis Duan 2004
†Meringaspis karatauensis Ergaliev 1980
G. †Metashantungia Chang 1957
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†Metashantungia brevica Chang 1957
G. †Neodrepanura Özdikmen 2006
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†Neodrepanura premesnili Bergeron 1899
Invalid names: Drepanura Bergeron 1899 [replaced]
G. †Palaeadotes Öpik 1967
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†Bergeronites (Palaeadotes) obtusa Qian and Zhou 1984
†Palaeadotes acutisulcatus Ergaliev 1980
†Palaeadotes angustus Ergaliev 1980
†Palaeadotes bella Qiu 1983
G. †Parablackwelderia Kobayashi 1942
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Invalid names: Paradamesops qinlingensis Yang et al. 1993 [synonym]
†Parablackwelderia luensis Peng et al. 2008
†Parablackwelderia sheridanorum Jell and Hughes 1997
†Parablackwelderia yangi Peng et al. 2004
Invalid names: Paradamesops Yang 1974 [synonym]
G. †Paradamesella Yang 1977
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†Paradamesella nobilis Lu and Lin 1989
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Invalid names: Paradamesella decemospinosa Yang 1977 [synonym]
†Paradamesella typica Yang 1977
G. †Pingquania Guo and Duan 1978
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Invalid names: Oxygonaspis Zhang 1983 [synonym]
G. †Protaitzehoia Yang 1978
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†Protaitzehoia latelimbata Yuan and Yin 2001
†Protaitzehoia nitida Yuan and Yin 2001
†Protaitzehoia quadrata Resser and Endo 1937
†Protaitzehoia spinifera Peng et al. 2004
G. †Shantungia Walcott 1905
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†Shantungia spinifera Walcott 1905
G. †Stephanocare Monke 1903
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G. †Taihangshaniashania Jell and Adrain 2002
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Invalid names: Taihangshania Zhang and Wang 1985 [replaced]
G. †Taitzehoia Chu 1959
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†Taitzehoia wangi Chu 1959
G. †Teinistion Monke 1905
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†Teinistion lansi Monke 1905
†Teinistion typicalis Walcott 1905
†Teinistion yangi Chu 1959
Invalid names: Dorypygella Walcott 1905 [synonym]
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: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-12-14 06:06:55
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Paibian or 509.00000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (176 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Gansu) Liuheaspis stalkata (232843)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0China Bergeronites ketteleri, Shantungia spinifera, Neodrepanura presminili (228206)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0China (Hunan) Meringaspis damaensis (124981)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0India Parablackwelderia sheridanorum (114635 114663) Parablackwelderia sheridanorum, Parablackwelderia jimaensis (114665) Parablackwelderia sp. (114675) Parablackwelderia yangi, Parablackwelderia jimaensis (114664)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0India (Jammu) Damesella sp. (46472)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Kazakhstan (Balkhash) Blackwelderia sp. (118219)
Mayan - Menevian504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Pionaspis sibirica (10004)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) Damesella paronai (124914)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Palaeadotes hunanensis (49291 128337)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Paradamesella nobilis (125541)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian504.5 - 497.0China (Hebei) Damesella sp. (129270)
Mayan - Merioneth504.5 - 485.4Iran (Semnan) Drepanura erbeni (22823)
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Prodamesella quadrata (118102)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) Protaitzehoia latelimbata (125073) Protaitzehoia quadrata, Protaitzehoia nitida, Protaitzehoia granifera (125072)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Liaoning) Blackwelderia paronai (129881 129886) Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia sinensis (129885) Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia sinensis, Blackwelderia octaspina, Blackwelderia mui (126814) Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia sinensis, Drepanura premesnili (129879) Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia sinensis, Teinistion yangi (126764) Blackwelderia paronai, Stephanocare richthofeni, Blackwelderia sinensis, Drepanura premesnili, Blackwelderia liaoningensis, Blackwelderioides monkei (129882) Blackwelderia paronai, Stephanocare richthofeni, Drepanura premesnili, Drepanura ketteleri (129890) Blackwelderia sinensis (129880) Blackwelderia sinensis, Blackwelderia shengi (129883) Blackwelderia sinensis, Drepanura ketteleri (126815) Blackwelderia sp., Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia sinensis, Drepanura premesnili (129893) Drepanura premesnili (129892) Shantungia elongata, Blackwelderia sinensis, Teinistion yangi, Drepanura premesnili, Taitzehoia wangi, Taitzehoia erhtaokouensis (129894) Stephanocare richthofeni, Teinistion yangi, Teinistion tangshihlingensis, Teinistion liaoningensis (126903) Teinistion sp., Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia sinensis, Drepanura premesnili, Taitzehoia wangi, Taitzehoia erhtaokouensis, Blackwelderia shengi (129884)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) Bergeronites sp., Teinistion sp., Damesellidae indet., Damesops sp., Palaeadotes hunanensis (219647)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Bergeronites hunanensis (125542) Teinistion sp., Paradamesella paratypica (125687)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Nei Mongol) Blackwelderia paronai (129808) Blackwelderia paronai, Haibowania zhuozishanensis, Bergeronites neimonggolensis, Teinistion lansi, Blackwelderia pingluensis (129775) Blackwelderia paronai, Haibowania zhuozishanensis, Blackwelderia fortis (129807) Blackwelderia sp., Haibowania zhuozishanensis (130254) Stephanocare ordosensis (130004)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) Blackwelderia paronai (129812) Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia chiawangensis, Blackwelderia pingluensis, Guancenshania lilia (129809) Blackwelderia paronai, Dorypygella hsihsienensis (129927) Haibowania zhuozishanensis (129810)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hebei) Blackwelderia paronai (129586) Blackwelderia paronai, Dorypygella typicalis (129587) Blackwelderia sp. (129583 129585) Damesella paronai, Damesops convexus, Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia chiawangensis (129584) Drepanura sp., Teinistion sp., Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia sinensis, Blackwelderia octaspina (129589)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shaanxi) Blackwelderia sp., Damesops convexus (124915)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Bergeronites sp. (129210) Blackwelderia paronai, Stephanocare richthofeni (129208) Blackwelderia sp. (129022) Blackwelderia sp., Damesellidae indet. (129211) Blackwelderia sp., Drepanura premesnili (129207) Blackwelderia triangularis (129928) Damesellidae indet., Bergeronites punctatus (127078) Paradamesops qinlingensis (127077) Stephanocare richthofeni (129209)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0South Korea Bergeronites ketteleri, Stephanocare richthofeni, Teinistion lansi (152614 152627) Bergeronites ketteleri, Teinistion lansi (152632 152633 152634) Blackwelderia sp. 1, Bergeronites ketteleri, Stephanocare richthofeni, Teinistion lansi (152636 152637) Blackwelderia sp. 2, Bergeronites ketteleri, Teinistion lansi (152635) Blackwelderia sp. 2, Bergeronites ketteleri, Teinistion sp.1 (152629 152630 152631) Blackwelderia sp., Drepanura sp., Bergeronites sp. (227379)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) Bergeronites jiangsuensis (127377) Bergeronites kunshanensis (127372) Blackwelderia sp., Drepanura premesnili (129926) Dorypygella jiangsuensis, Bergeronites obtusa (127387) Dorypygella posterocosta (127381) Dorypygella sp., Bergeronites yushanensis (127376) Drepanura sp., Damesops convexus, Blackwelderia paronai, Blackwelderia chiawangensis (129924) Stephanocare richthofeni, Drepanura transversa (129925)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Adelogonus hunanensis, Damesella hunanensis, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis (49178) Adelogonus hunanensis, Protaitzehoia granifera, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (49177) Bergeronites hunanensis, Dorypygella posterocosta, Teinistion posterocostum, Bergeronites taoyuanensis (128931) Bergeronites sp., Paradamesella typica, Paradamesella decemospinosa (130012) Blackwelderia sp., Protaitzehoia sp., Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Damesella hunanensis, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (49176) Blackwelderia youshuica, Parablackwelderia laterilobata (49295) Damesella hunanensis, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Protaitzehoia spinifera, Palaeadotes hunanensis (126324) Damesella sp., Adelogonus sp., Adelogonus hunanensis, Protaitzehoia yuepingensis, Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Protaitzehoia spinifera, Taihangshania wangcunensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella typica, Paradamesella peculiaris (49184) Damesella sp., Protaitzehoia granifera, Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Taihangshania wangcunensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (49181) Palaeadotes hunanensis (49303 126309 126322) Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (126311 126316) Palaeadotes sp., Teinistion posterocostum (49190) Parablackwelderia huabeiensis (49170 49171) Parablackwelderia jimaensis (49173 49175) Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis (49179 49180 126307) Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (126304 126306) Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Parablackwelderia laterilobata, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (49172) Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (126305) Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Protaitzehoia spinifera, Teinistion posterocostum, Taihangshania wangcunensis, Palaeadotes bella (126348) Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Teinistion posterocostum, Drepanura crassispina (126329) Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Teinistion posterocostum, Drepanura crassispina, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Palaeadotes bella, Paradamesella typica (126330) Parablackwelderia laterilobata (49169) Parablackwelderia sp. (49166) Paradamesella nobilis, Parablackwelderia laterilobata (49174) Paradamesella peculiaris (126287 126312) Protaitzehoia granifera, Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Teinistion posterocostum, Taihangshania wangcunensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (49182) Protaitzehoia granifera, Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella typica (107050) Protaitzehoia granifera, Teinistion posterocostum, Taihangshania wangcunensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella typica (126439) Protaitzehoia intermedia, Paradamesella subquadrata, Paradamesella trapezoidalis, Protaitzehoia granifera, Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Bergeronites hunanensis, Paradamesops karatauensis, Bergeronites wulingensis, Bergeronites sp. (128930) Protaitzehoia sp., Protaitzehoia granifera, Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella typica (49185) Protaitzehoia spinifera, Palaeadotes hunanensis (126318) Protaitzehoia spinifera, Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Palaeadotes bella (126346) Protaitzehoia subquadrata (126319) Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Palaeadotes hunanensis (126325) Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis (126323) Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (126317) Protaitzehoia subquadrata, Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella typica (49183) Protaitzehoia yuepingensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis (126314) Protaitzehoia yuepingensis, Parablackwelderia jimaensis, Palaeadotes hunanensis, Paradamesella peculiaris (126313) Protaitzehoia yuepingensis, Teinistion posterocostum, Paradamesella typica (49188) Taihangshania wangcunensis, Paradamesella typica (126443) Teinistion hunanensis, Paradamesella depressa, Paradamesella subquadrata, Bergeronites changdeensis (128933) Teinistion posterocostum (49187) Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes bella (126327) Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes bella, Paradamesella typica (126328) Teinistion posterocostum, Palaeadotes hunanensis (126440 126441) Teinistion posterocostum, Paradamesella typica (49186 126442 126444)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China Blackwelderia sp., Blackwelderia paronai (233820) Damesella paronai (233819) Damesella sp., Guancenshania sp., Parablackwelderia sp. (233818)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) Blackwelderia sinensis (129896) Blackwelderia sinensis, Drepanura premesnili, Shantungia spinifera, Metashantungia brevica, Drepanura ketteleri (129897) Parablackwelderia luensis (128310 128311)
Guzhangian - Paibian500.5 - 494.0China (Hubei) Blackwelderia nodosaria (130259)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Blackwelderia aculeatus, Blackwelderia granulosa, Dipentaspis sp., Blackwelderia sinensis, Palaeadotes acutisulcatus, Palaeadotes angustus (118186) Blackwelderia aculeatus, Blackwelderia granulosa, Dipentaspis sp., Palaeadotes acutisulcatus, Palaeadotes angustus (118235) Blackwelderia aculeatus, Blackwelderia granulosa, Palaeadotes acutisulcatus (118239) Blackwelderia granulosa (118240 118241 118244) Blackwelderia granulosa, Dipentaspis sp., Palaeadotes acutisulcatus, Palaeadotes angustus (118238) Blackwelderia repanda (118179) Blackwelderia repanda, Bergeronites dissidens, Blackwelderia sinensis (118182) Blackwelderia repanda, Bergeronites dissidens, Blackwelderia sinensis, Meringaspis karatauensis (118177) Meringaspis karatauensis (9943 9944 9947 9949 118164 118166) Prodamesella quadrata, Meringaspis karatauensis (118158)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) Palaeodotes latus (10064)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Queensland) Blackwelderia sabulosa, Stephanocare sp. indet., Palaeodotes dissidens (77515) Blackwelderia sabulusa, Palaeodotes dissidens (77516)
Paibian - Guzhangian497.0 - 497.0Turkey Palaeadotes sp. (133718)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Anhui) Bergeronites sp., Bergeronites langyashanensis (127475)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4France Palaeadotes latefalcata (56191)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4India (Jammu and Kashmir) Blackwelderioides monkei (46499) Damesella shergoldi (46498)