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Mindycrusta

Trilobita - Olenida - Asaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Mindycrusta was named by Oepik (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphiscidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Paterson and Laurie (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. oepiki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Mindycrusta Oepik
2002Mindycrusta Jell and Adrain p. 407
2004Mindycrusta Paterson and Laurie p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAsaphiscidaeRaymond 1924
genusMindycrustaOepik 1967

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. †Mindycrusta Oepik 1967
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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: 2009-12-19 03:48:56
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:48:56
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Mindyallan to the top of the Idamean or 499.00000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mindyallan - Idamean499.0 - 494.0Australia (Victoria) M. oepiki (64043 64047)