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Parayoungia mclaughlini

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Parayoungia mclaughlini was named by Adrain (1998) [= Youngia sp. 1; PERRY AND CHATTERTON, 1977, p. 298, pI. 3, figs. 20, 21 (non figs. 16, 17 = Parayoungia new species A; non 18, 19 = Hyrokybe mitchellae new species; non fig. 22 = Hyrokybe youngi new species)]. Its type specimen is ROM 51398, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-22184, Baillie-Hamilton Is., which is in a Sheinwoodian slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Parayoungia mclaughlini Adrain p. 716 figs. 10.1-10.20, 10.22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusParayoungia
speciesmclaughlini

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.

Parayoungia mclaughlini Adrain 1998
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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: carnivoref
Created: 2009-06-11 14:43:11
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:38:08
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 433.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Nunavut) Youngia sp. 1 (26003)