†Churkinia Palmer 1968 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Redlichiida - Metadoxididae
Full reference: A.R. Palmer. 1968. Cambrian trilobites of East-Central Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 559(B)
Parent taxon: Metadoxididae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Enantiaspis, Fuminaspis, Hongshiyanaspis, Metadoxides, Onaraspis, Paratungusella
Subtaxa: Churkinia yukonensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS 4296-CO. Yukon River (Cambrian of Alaska)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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