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Churkinia yukonensis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Metadoxididae

Taxonomy
Churkinia yukonensis was named by Palmer (1968). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 4296-CO. Yukon River, which is in a Botomian/Toyonian carbonate shale in the Adams Argillite Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Churkinia yukonensis Palmer pp. B39-B41 figs. Plate 1, figures 3, 5-16; text figure 5
2014Churkinia yukonensis Sundberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyMetadoxididaeWhitehouse 1939
genusChurkinia
speciesyukonensis

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.

†Churkinia yukonensis Palmer 1968
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-21 05:26:53
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:26:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Botomian to the top of the Toyonian or 516.00000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian - Toyonian516.0 - 508.2USA (Alaska) Churkinia yukonensis (type locality: 225080)