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Minkella

Trilobita - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Taxonomy
Minkella was named by Lochmann and Hu (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 697]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Parabolinoididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Minkella Lochmann and Hu
2002Minkella Jell and Adrain p. 407
2002Minkella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyParabolinoididaeLochman 1956
genusMinkellaLochmann and Hu 1959

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. †Minkella Lochmann and Hu 1959
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:05:14
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) M. americana (55302) M. sp. (55284 55304)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) M. sp. (251)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) M. carita, M. fracida (54087) M. modesta (54088 81302) M. sp. (54092) M. sp. A (81304) M. sp., M. modesta (54091)