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Chuangia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Leiostegiidae : Chuangia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Chuangia Walcott, 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. misc. Colls., 57(4): 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 505 - 499 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Corynexochida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Leiostegiidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Corynexochida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Chuangia austriaca ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Chuangia batia ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 499 Ma Cambrian | |
| Chuangia convoluta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia fragmenta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia kuantungensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia lata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia nais species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia nitida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia puteata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Chuangia subangulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia subquadrangulata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Chuangia tolli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia transversa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia verdapurensus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Chuangia wulingensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1911 | Chuangia Walcott |
| 2002 | Chuangia Jell and Adrain p. 358 |
| 2002 | Chuangia Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!
