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Comanchia

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Comanchia was named by Frederickson (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,618]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Idahoiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Comanchia Frederickson
2002Comanchia Jell and Adrain p. 359
2002Comanchia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusComanchiaFrederickson 1950

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. †Comanchia Frederickson 1950
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†Comanchia amplooculata Frederickson 1948
†Comanchia minus Palmer 1965
†Comanchia perincerta Rozova 1968
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:57
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:02:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Ensyan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 497.00000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) C. perincerta (131072 131093 131094)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) C. amplooculata (9265 156661 156662)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) C. minus (110633 114610)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) C. amplooculata (55224 55226 55232)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) C. amplooculata (9145 9209)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Arkansas) C. amplooculata (77107)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Oklahoma) C. amplooculata (229192) Ptychopleurites amplooculatus (229126 229127)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) C. amplooculata (54077 54084)