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Dushania

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole (Dushania) was named by Yin (1978).

It was Pseudowaribole (Dushania) by Hahn and Brauckmann (1988); it was reranked as Dushania by Yuan and Xiang (1998).

It was assigned to Cyrtosymbole by Yin (1978); to Pseudowaribole by Hahn and Brauckmann (1988); and to Cyrtosymbolinae by Yuan and Xiang (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Cyrtosymbole (Dushania) Yin
1988Pseudowaribole (Dushania) Hahn and Brauckmann
1998Dushania Yuan and Xiang pp. 171 - 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusDushania(Yin 1978)

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.

G. †Dushania Yin 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang 1998A genus of Cyrtosymbolinae Hupe, 1953 with the following characteristic combination of features : Glabella subcylindrical to cylindrical in outline, slightly inflated between palpebral lobes, weakly constricted across rr , broadly rounded anteriorly, with 3 pairs of faint glabellar furrows; occipital ring slightly narrowing laterally, without occipital lobe; preglabellar field concave, narrow (sag.) or absent; anterior border narrow and upturned; palpebral lobes moderately long to long, placed posteriorly; anterior branches of facial sutures long , gently to strongly divergent forward, posterior branches of facial sutures with short straight sections E; - S ; pygidium long, with narrower distinctly demarcated border; axis long and narrow, with 10-16 axial rings and a short postaxial ridge; pleural area relatively broad (tr.) and flat, with 8-11 pairs of pleural ribs, of which anterior and posterior bands are equally developed ; pleural furrows deep, interpleural furrows narrow and shallow; border furrow narrow and distinct.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7China (Guizhou) D. sp. (218953 218976)