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Inouyiidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4634443https://www.gbif.org/species/4634443
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)201758https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=201758
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Inouyiidae
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
subclassLibristomaFortey 1990
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyPtychoparioidea(Matthew 1887)
familyInouyiidaeChang 1963
Scientific NameInouyiidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Inouyiidaefamilybelongs to Ptychoparioideastated with evidencePeng et al., 2009
Inouyiidaefamilybelongs to Trilobitastated without evidenceAdrain, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)18
First Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance501 - 497 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Ptychopariina)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. Peng, N. C. Hughes, and N. A. Heim, B. K. Sell, X. Zhu, P. M. Myrow, S. K. Parcha. 2009. Cambrian Trilobites from the Parahio and Zanskar Valleys, Indian Himalaya. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 83(sp71):1-95

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Catinouyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Inouyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Jiulongshania
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12501 Ma
Cambrian
501 Ma
Cambrian
Parainouyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Parajialaopsis
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Pseudinouyia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1963Inouyiidae Chang
2009Inouyiidae Peng et al.
2011Inouyiidae Adrain p. 108

References

Peng S., Hughes N. C., et al (2009) Cambrian Trilobites from the Parahio and Zanskar Valleys, Indian Himalaya, Journal of Paleontology Memoir 83 sp71, 1-95 doi:10.1666/08-129.1
Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - 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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