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Croixana

Artiopoda - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Taxonomy
Croixana was named by Nelson (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 488]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Parabolinoididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Croixana Nelson
2002Croixana Jell and Adrain p. 361
2002Croixana Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyParabolinoididaeLochman 1956
genusCroixanaNelson 1951

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. †Croixana Nelson 1951
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Croixana bipunctata Shumard 1863
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:05:14
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) C. bipunctata (249 137830) C. sp. (247)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Idaho) C. sp. (184601)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) C. bipunctata (240505)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) C. ambigua (81296) C. ambigua, C. inflata (54091 64687) C. inflata (81299)