Parakoldinioidia mendezi Westrop and Adrain 2014 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Missisquoiidae

Full reference: S. R. Westrop and J. M. Adrain. 2014. The missisquoiid trilobite Parakoldinioidia Endo 1937 in the uppermost Cambrian of Oklahoma and Texas, and its biostratigraphic significance. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 45:117-152

Belongs to Parakoldinioidia according to S. R. Westrop and J. M. Adrain 2014

Sister taxa: Parakoldinioidia akerfeldti, Parakoldinioidia akessoni, Parakoldinioidia callosa, Parakoldinioidia inflata, Parakoldinioidia lindgreni, Parakoldinioidia lopezi, Parakoldinioidia stitti, Parakoldinioidia triangulata, Tangshanaspis zhaogezhuangensis, Tangshanaspis depressa

Type specimen: OU 13227, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parakoldinioidia mendezi in the database

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