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Churkinia

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Metadoxididae

Taxonomy
Churkinia was named by Palmer (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Metadoxididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Churkinia Palmer
2002Churkinia Jell and Adrain p. 358
2002Churkinia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyMetadoxididaeWhitehouse 1939
genusChurkiniaPalmer 1968

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. †Churkinia Palmer 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available