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Monorakinae

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Monorakidae was named by Kramarenko (1952).

It was reranked as the subfamily Monorakinae by Ludvigsen and Chatterton (1982).

It was assigned to Pterygometopidae by Ludvigsen and Chatterton (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Monorakinae Ludvigsen and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyMonorakinae(Kramarenko 1952)
subfamilyMonorakinae(Kramarenko 1952)

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.

Subfm. †Monorakinae Kramarenko 1952
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G. †Carinopyge Maksimova 1955
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†Carinopyge abscisa Maksimova 1955
†Carinopyge fracta Masimova 1955
G. †Ceratevenkaspis Kramarenko 1952
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†Ceratevenkaspis armata Kramaranko 1952
†Ceratevenkaspis parnaica Balashova 1960
†Ceratevenkaspis pentagona Balashova 1960
†Ceratevenkaspis taimyrica Balashova 1960
G. †Elasmaspis Kramarenko 1956
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†Elasmaspis speciosa Kramarenko 1956
G. †Evenkaspis Kramarenko 1952
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Subg. †Evenkaspis (Parevenkaspis) Kramarenko 1952
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G. †Monorakos Schmidt 1886
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†Monorakos consimilis Semenova 1978
†Monorakos kledos Ormiston 1978
†Monorakos lopatini Schmidt 1886
†Monorakos magnus Kramarenko 1952
†Monorakos morkokensis Maksimova 1962
†Monorakos mutabilis Kramarenko 1952
†Monorakos ossacrum Kramarenko 1962
†Monorakos planiusculus Kramarenko 1957
†Monorakos planus Kramarenko 1957
†Monorakos tunguskaensis Kramarenko 1952
G. †Parevenkaspis Kramarenko 1952
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:15
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:28:20
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Katian or 469.40000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Monorakos sp. (20826)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation Carinopyge sp., Evenkaspis sibirica, Monorakos magnus, Monorakos mutabilis, Monorakos ossacrum, Monorakos planiusculus, Monorakos tunguskaensis, Ceratevenkaspis armata, Parevenkaspis egloni (192734)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Monorakos sp. (9306)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Monorakos sp. (9304)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Monorakos sp. (9224)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation Carinopyge fracta, Evenkaspis nikiforovae (192736)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Monorakos sp. (9310) Monorakos sp., Carinopyge sp. (9305 9307)
Haljala - Kukruse456.8 - 456.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Evenkaspis sibirica (204707) Monorakos magnus, Monorakos lopatini (204708)
Haljala456.8 - 453.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Evenkaspis sibirica (204671)
Haljala - Nabala456.8 - 449.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Carinopyge abscisa (204912) Evenkaspis sibirica (204674 204915) Evenkaspis sp. (204683 204798 204800 204801) Evenkaspis sp., Carinopyge abscisa (204799) Evenkaspis sp., Ceratevenkaspis armata (204816) Monorakos sp., Evenkaspis sibirica (204905) Monorakos sp., Monorakos lopatini (204906)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation Carinopyge abscisa (192735) Elasmaspis speciosa (192733)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Carinopyge sp. (204791 204792) Evenkaspis ivanovae (204794) Evenkaspis sibirica (204796) Evenkaspis tchunensis, Evenkaspis ivanovae (204793) Monorakos sp., Evenkaspis sp. (204686)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Monorakos sp., Carinopyge sp. (9311)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Monorakos sp. (9312)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Monorakos kledos (100359)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Monorakos sp., Carinopyge sp. (9313)