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Punka akoura

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Punka akoura was named by Loch (2007) [Paratypes: UMC 16892-3, 16895-8]. Its type specimen is UMC 16894, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Punka akoura Loch p. 66 figs. Pl. 25, fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusPunka
speciesakoura

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.

†Punka akoura Loch 2007
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Cassinian or 482.30000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Punka akoura (106593 106596 106599 106600 106605 106610 106611 106612 106613 106614 106616 106617 106624 106634 106731 106872 106874 106875 106922 106932 106933)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Punka akoura (106745)