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Igarkiellidae ✝
| Description | Igarkiella is an extinct genus of trilobite containing a single described species Igarkiella igarkaensis. The species is known from fossils dating to 505 to 501 million years ago during the Cambrian Period. The fossils were described from an outcrop of the Labaz Formations Saami Member along the Kulyumbe River in Krasnoyar, Russia. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igarkiellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Igarkiellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Igarkiellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Igarkiellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Parkhaev, P. Y. (2001). Molluscs and siphonoconchs. In: E. M. Alexander et al., eds., The Cambrian biostratigraphy of the Stansbury basin, South Australia. Transactions of the Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. 282: 133−210, pls. 24−54. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Helcionellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Helcionelloida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Helcionellida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Yu. Parkhaev. 2002. Phylogenesis and the systematics of the Cambrian univalved mollusks. Paleontological Journal 35(1):27-39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igarkiellidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Asperoconus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 530 Ma Cambrian | 530 Ma Cambrian | |
| Gonamella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mastakhella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Igarkiellidae Parkhaev |
| 2005 | Igarkiellidae Bouchet et al. p. 241 |
| 2010 | Igarkiellidae Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 1043 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
