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Uxunella

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Uxunella was named by Romanenko (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Cm Dres-u]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Uxunella Romanenko
2002Uxunella Jell and Adrain p. 457
2002Uxunella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusUxunellaRomanenko 1985

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. †Uxunella Romanenko 1985
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ayusokkanian to the top of the Sakian or 499.50000 to 492.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) U. gloriosa, U. plana (10064)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) U. gloriosa, U. plana (10061) U. plana, U. gloriosa (10063)