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Mahaiella

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Mahaiella was named by Yin (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: C l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR83]. It is not extant. Its type is Mahaiella eleganta.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Cummingellinae by Mychko (2020).

Species
M. eleganta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Mahaiella Yin
2002Mahaiella Jell and Adrain p. 477
2002Mahaiella Sepkoski
2020Mahaiella Mychko p. https://www.palbio.ru/trilobites?type=ta

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusMahaiella

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. †Mahaiella Yin 1983
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Mahaiella eleganta Yin 1983
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2China (Guangxi) M. eleganta (218881)