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Mikaparia milena

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Discussion

1852 Conocephalites striatus Emmrich. – Barrande (partim), pl. 14, figs 1, 6, pl. 29, fig. 39. 1944 Ptychoparia striata (Emmrich). – Růžička, p. 6, text-fig. 4 (refigured by Šnajdr, 1958, pl. 39, fig. 2). 1955 Ptychoparia striata Emmrich. – Hupé, p. 129, fig. III/1. 1958 Ptychoparia striata (Emmrich, 1839). – Šnajdr (partim), p. 185, text-fig. 40, pl. 38, figs 17, 18, pl. 39, figs 1, 2, pl. 40, figs 3, 5. 1959 Ptychoparia striata (Emmrich). – Moore, p. O233, fig. 170:6. 1970 Ptychoparia striata (Emmrich, 1839). – Horný & Bastl (partim), pl. 4, fig. 1, Catalogue pp. 301, 302. 1989 Ptychoparia striata. – Prokop, fig. on p. 155. 1990 Ptychoparia striata (Emmrich, 1839). – Šnajdr, p. 94, fig. on p. 95. 1992 Ptychoparia sp. nov. – Fatka&Kordule, pl. 2, fig. 7. 1993 Ptychoparia striata (Emmrich). – Chlupáč, p. 156, pl. 1, fig. 11. 1996 Ptychoparia sp. nov. – Kordule, pl. 2, fig. 6. 2002 ?Ptychoparioides sp. – Valíček&Szabad, p. 80, pl. 1, fig. 5.

Taxonomy
Mikaparia milena was named by Kordule (2006). Its type specimen is ČGÚ VK 243 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mikaparia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Mikaparia milena Kordule pp. 286 - 288 fig. 4A–H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyPtychopariinaeMatthew 1887
genusMikaparia
speciesmilena

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.

Mikaparia milena Kordule 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V. Kordule 2006Mikaparia with subtrapezoidal, forward tapering and anteriorly rounded glabella; S1 long, strongly curved backward, S2, and S3 shorter and shallower, S3 almost normal to sagittal axis; S4 weekly impressed; anterior border conspicuous, short (sag.), gently convex; average LCr/LAB cca 10.0; pygidial axis with six rings and sub triangular terminal piece; five ribs on pleural field.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Amgan or 510.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Czech Republic (Bohemia) Mikaparia milena (67708)