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Lisaniidae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lisaniidae

Taxonomy

Lisaniidae was named by Chang (1963). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Whittington et al. (1997) and Hong et al. (2003); and to Trilobita by Adrain (2011).

Subtaxa

Dazhuia, Eoshengia (syn. Baojingia), Extrania, Himalisania, Lisaniella, Megalisania, Metalisania, Paralisaniella, Platylisania, Quandraspis, Redlichaspis, Shengia, Xichuania

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1963	Lisaniidae Chang
1997	Lisaniidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2003	Lisaniidae Hong et al.
2011	Lisaniidae Adrain p. 108

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
subclass	Libristoma
order	Ptychopariida	Swinnerton 1915
family	Lisaniidae	Chang 1963
family	Lisaniidae	Chang 1963

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.

Fm. †Lisaniidae Chang 1963

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G. †Dazhuia Yang et al. 1993

†Dazhuia dazhuensis Yang et al. 1993

G. †Eoshengia Yang 1978

†Eoshengia constricta Zhang 1981

†Eoshengia dongqinlingia Yang et al. 1993

†Eoshengia gaoqiaogouensis Yang et al. 1993

†Eoshengia paratenuis Yang et al. 1993

†Eoshengia parva Yang et al. 1993

†Eoshengia rigida Yang et al. 1993

†Eoshengia shorteglabella Yang et al. 1993

†Eoshengia spinosa Yang 1978

†Eoshengia tenuis Zhang 1981

Invalid names: Baojingia Yang 1977 [synonym]

G. †Extrania Qian 1983

†Extrania trigona Yang et al. 1993

G. †Himalisania Peng et al. 2009

†Himalisania sudani Jell and Hughes 1997

G. †Lisaniella Chang 1963

†Lisaniella elongata Chang 1963

†Lisaniella elongataformis Ergaliev 1980

G. †Megalisania Qiu 1983

G. †Metalisania Ju 1983

†Metalisania subquadrata Ju 1983

G. †Paralisaniella Qiu 1983

G. †Platylisania Zhang and Jell 1987

G. †Quandraspis Yang et al. 1993

†Quandraspis shengwanensis Yang et al. 1993

G. †Redlichaspis Kobayshi 1935

G. †Shengia Xiang 1963

†Shengia quadrata Hsiang 1963

†Shengia trapezia Peng 1992

G. †Xichuania Yang et al. 1993

†Xichuania magnipalpebra Yang et al. 1993

†Xichuania xiuzigouensis Yang et al. 1993

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:

well-developedf

Created:

2010-01-04 05:23:59

Modified:

2010-01-04 07:23:59

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Zhanaarykian to the top of the Paibian or 503.00000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (72 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian	509.0 - 497.0	India	Himalisania sudani (114635 114663 114664 114666)
St Davids	509.0 - 497.0	North Korea	Eoshengia sp. (49082)
Wangcunian	504.5 - 497.0	China (Hunan)	Baojingia tungrenensis (49163)
Wangcunian	504.5 - 497.0	China (Henan)	Eoshengia constricta (127075)
Wangcunian	504.5 - 497.0	China (Sichuan)	Eoshengia sp. (127065)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian	504.5 - 497.0	China (Sichuan)	Eoshengia tenuis (127067)
Wangcunian - Guzhangian	504.5 - 497.0	China (Henan)	Eoshengia paratenuis, Eoshengia rigida, Extrania trigona, Quandraspis shengwanensis (127076)
Zhanaarykian	503.0 - 500.5	Kazakhstan	Lisaniella elongata, Lisaniella elongataformis (118102) Platylisania longispina (9963 9964 118095)
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Jiangsu)	Eoshengia sp. (127371 127380)
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Henan)	Eoshengia xinjiangensis, Eoshengia constricta, Eoshengia dongqinlingia, Eoshengia parva, Metalisania subquadrata, Xichuania xiuzigouensis, Xichuania magnipalpebra, Quandraspis shengwanensis (127077)
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Sichuan)	Eoshengia tenuis, Eoshengia gaoqiaogouensis, Eoshengia shorteglabella, Metalisania subquadrata, Dazhuia dazhuensis (127068)
Guzhangian	500.5 - 497.0	China (Hunan)	Baojingia latilimbata (49169 49170 49292) Baojingia paralala (49298) Baojingia paralala, Baojingia tungrenensis, Baojingia latilimbata (49172) Baojingia quadrata (126303 126306 126313) Baojingia subquadrata (49181 49184 126317 126318 126323 126324 126325 126328) Baojingia subquadrata, Baojingia jiudiantangensis, Baojingia quadrata, Baojingia youshuiensis (49176) Baojingia subquadrata, Baojingia paralala (49173) Baojingia subquadrata, Baojingia youshuiensis (49174) Baojingia tungrenensis (49171) Eoshengia latilimbata, Eoshengia curvata (128930) Eoshengia spinosa (130012) Shengia sp. (130014) Shengia trapezia (49186)
Ayusokkanian	499.5 - 497.0	Kazakhstan	Eoshengia quadrata (118179 118182 118186) Eoshengia quadrata, Lisaniella elongataformis (118177) Lisaniella elongata, Lisaniella elongataformis (9949 118158 118164) Lisaniella elongataformis (9943 9944 9947 118166)
Paibian	497.0 - 494.0	China (Hunan)	Shengia quadrata (126286) Shengia quadrata, Shengia trapezia (126651) Shengia spinosa, Shengia quadrata, Shengia trapezia (126650) Shengia trapezia (126142 126143 126147 126149 126283 126284 126285) Shengia wannanensis (49191 107053 126130 126135 126136 126140) Shengia wannanensis, Shengia sp., Shengia trapezia (126139)
Dresbachian	497.0 - 485.4	France	Shengia spinosa (56191)
Furongian	497.0 - 485.4	China (Hunan)	Shengia sp. (124978)