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Sunaspidella

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4638311https://www.gbif.org/species/4638311
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)227773https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=227773
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Sunaspididae : Sunaspidella
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
familySunaspididaeZhang and Jell 1987
genusSunaspidellaZhang & Yuan 1981
Scientific NameSunaspidella Zhang & Yuan, 1981
Name Published InSpecial Pap. Geol. Soc. Am. No. 187
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sunaspidellagenusbelongs to Sunaspididaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. T. Zhang and J. L. Yuan. 1981. Trilobites from the Hsuchuang Formation (lower Middle Cambrian) in western marginal parts of the North China Platform. Geological Society of America Special Paper 187:161-175

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sunaspidella limbata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Sunaspidella rara
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1981Sunaspidella Zhang and Yuan
2002Sunaspidella Jell and Adrain

References

Zhang W. T., Yuan J. L. (1981) Trilobites from the Hsuchuang Formation (lower Middle Cambrian) in western marginal parts of the North China Platform, Geological Society of America Special Paper 187, 161-175
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
Special Pap. Geol. Soc. Am. No. 187 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - 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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