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Blackwelderia sinensis

Artiopoda - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Calymene sinensis was named by Bergeron (1899). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Blackwelderia sinensis by Walcott (1906).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. aculeatus, B. granulosa, B. paronai, B. repanda, B. repanda, B. sabulosa, B. sabulusa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Calymene sinensis Bergeron
1906Blackwelderia sinensis Walcott

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusBlackwelderiaWalcott 1906
speciessinensis(Bergeron 1899)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Blackwelderia sinensis Bergeron 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 08:57:20
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:08:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Ayusokkanian or 499.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) Blackwelderia sinensis (129896 129897)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Liaoning) Blackwelderia sinensis (126764 126814 126815 129879 129880 129882 129883 129884 129885 129893 129894)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Blackwelderia sinensis (118177 118182 118186)