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Pararaia

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Estaingiidae

Taxonomy
Pararaia was named by Kobayashi (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm Boto-u Sepkoski's reference number: 463,923 Sepkoski's age data: Cm m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Estaingiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pararaia Kobayashi
1980Proichangia Zhang et al.
2002Pararaia Jell and Adrain p. 421
2002Pararania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEstaingiidaeOpik 1970
genusPararaiaKobayashi 1942

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. †Pararaia Kobayashi 1942
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Pararaia bunyerooensis Bengtson et al. 1990
Invalid names: Proichangia Zhang et al. 1980 [synonym], Tannuolaspis [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-05 23:09:10
Modified: 2010-01-06 01:09:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Nangaoian or 521.00000 to 514.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) P. sp. (199519) P. tatei (97789 225093)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Tuva) Tannuolaspis longa (81464)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Guizhou) Proichangia carinata (127752)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) P. bunyerooensis (67981 67982 67983 67984 172616 172620) P. janeae (225119 225121 225165 233877) P. tatei (97745 97751 97773 97790)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Antarctica P. sp. (56125)