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Wujiajiania

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4634207https://www.gbif.org/species/4634207
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21044https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21044
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Olenidae : Wujiajiania
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Olenida : Olenidae : Wujiajiania
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenidaAdrain 2011
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusWujiajianiaLu & Lin 1980
Scientific NameWujiajiania Lu & Lin, 1980
Name Published InActa Palaeont. Sin. 19 (2)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Wujiajianiagenusbelongs to Olenidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Wujiajianiagenusbelongs to Ptychopariidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance501 - 499 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance499 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Olenidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Wujiajiania expansa
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2499 Ma
Cambrian
499 Ma
Cambrian
Wujiajiania tachenensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5499 Ma
Cambrian
499 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1980Wujiajiania Lu and Lin
2002Wujiajiania Jell and Adrain p. 460
2002Wujiajiania Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Acta Palaeont. Sin. 19 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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