Myxinikela
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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Superclassis: Cyclostomi
Classis: Myxini
Ordo: Myxiniformes
Genus: †Myxinikela
Species:
†M. siroka
Name
[edit]†Myxinikela Bardack, 1991
- Type species: Myxinikela siroka Bardack, 1991
Etymology: The generic name is derived from myxine and ikelos (Greek for myxine-like).
References
[edit]- Bardack, D. 1991. First fossil hagfish (Myxinoidea): a record from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Science, 254: 701–703. DOI: 10.1126/science.254.5032.701 Reference page.
- Gabbott, S.E., Donoghue, P.C.J., Sansom, R.S., Vinther, J., Dolocan, A. & Purnell, M.A. 2016. Pigmented anatomy in Carboniferous cyclostomes and the evolution of the vertebrate eye. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283(1836): 20161151. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1151 Reference page.