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Hsuchuangia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4633801	https://www.gbif.org/species/4633801
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20563	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20563

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Crepicephalidae : Hsuchuangia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Crepicephalidae : Hsuchuangia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Aulacopleurida	Adrain 2011
family	Crepicephalidae	Kobayashi 1935
genus	Hsuchuangia	Lu & Zhu 1983

Scientific Name

Hsuchuangia Lu & Zhu, 1983

Name Published In

in [Paleontological atlas of east China. 1. Volume of Early Paleozoic.]. Geological Publishing House, Peking

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hsuchuangia	genus	belongs to Crepicephalidae	stated without evidence	Lu and Zhu, 2001
Hsuchuangia	genus	belongs to Ptychopariida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Crepicephalidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low 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

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Hsuchuangia angustilimbata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hsuchuangia elongata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hsuchuangia hsuchuangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hsuchuangia huoshanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hsuchuangia longiceps ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Hsuchuangia luliangshanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1983	Hsuchuangia Lu and Zhu
2001	Hsuchuangia Lu and Zhu
2002	Hsuchuangia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Lu Y. H., Zhu Z. L. (2001) Trilobites from the Middle Cambrian Hsuchuangian stage of Zhangxia, Changqing county, Shandong province, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 40 3, 279-293

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

in [Paleontological atlas of east China. 1. Volume of Early Paleozoic.]. Geological Publishing House, Peking - 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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