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Mahaiella eleganta

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Mahaiella eleganta was named by Yin (1983). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mahai, which is in a Serpukhovian marine horizon in the Baizuo Formation of China. It is the type species of Mahaiella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Mahaiella eleganta Yin

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

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.

†Mahaiella eleganta Yin 1983
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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: 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) Mahaiella eleganta (type locality: 218881)