30317 - Rare 2.07 Inch Annamitella Liexiensis Ordovician Trilobite - China

† Annamitella, Mansuy 1920 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 20288

Invalid subtaxa: Bathyuriscops Keller and Lisogor 1954 (no. 21089), Endoaspis Lochman 1956 (no. 21895), Monella Bates 1968 (no. 379372), Proetiella Harrington and Leanza 1957 (no. 198520), Wutingia Endo 1935 [replaced name] (no. 379384)

Parent taxon: Leiostegiidae according to R. A. Fortey and J. H. Shergold 1984

See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002, Neuman 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhou and Fortey 1986

Sister taxa: Aedotes, Agerina, Bodenbenderia, Brackebuschia, Chiawangella, Chuangia, Chuangiella, Chuangioides, Eochuangia, Geminiclavula, Leiostegium, Lloydia, Meropalla, Pagodiidae, Paraszechuanella, Prochuangia, Pseudocalymene, Reubenella, Tinaspis, Wanshania

Subtaxa: Annamitella borealis, Annamitella brachyops, Annamitella granulatus, Annamitella guizhouensis, Annamitella hexianensis, Annamitella insulana, Annamitella kantsingensis, Annamitella parva, Annamitella perplexa, Annamitella rectangulosa, Annamitella strigifrons, Annamitella tellecheai, Annamitella yichangensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Environments: shallow subtidal (6 collections), marine (1), deep subtidal shelf (1), open shallow subtidal (1), offshore (1), offshore shelf (1)

Age range: 478.6 to 463.5 Ma

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections), China (1), Kazakhstan (3)

• Llandeilo of China (3)

• Arenig of Argentina (8), Australia (3), China (1)

• Arenigian of China (1)

 

Annamitella Liexiensis: Fossilworks (Paleobiology Database)