Abakania

{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Botomian}} | taxon = Abakania | authority = Poletaeva, 1973 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''A. superba'' <small>Poletaeva, 1973 (type)</small> * ''A. crassa'' <small>Romanenko, 1999</small> * ''A. usitata'' }}

'''''Abakania''''' is an extinct genus of corynexochid trilobite in the family Corynexochidae. It lived during the Botomian stage,<ref name="Sepkoski"/> which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.<ref name="Sepkoski">{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry) |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |pages=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class |access-date=12 January 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905162524/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class |archive-date=5 September 2006 }}</ref>

== Distribution == * ''A. superba'' occurs in the Lower Cambrian of the Russian Federation (Botomian, Sanashtykgol Spring, Sanashtykgol Formation, Altai-Sayan region, 49.4° N, 136.4° E).<ref>{{cite journal|last= Poletaeva|first= O.K.|year= 1973|title= New Early Cambrian trilobites from the Sanashtykgol Horizon of the Altay-Sayan Region|journal= Paleontological Journal|volume= 7|issue= 1|pages= 51–56}} ''cited in'' {{cite web|title= Abakania|author= Paleobiology Database|access-date= 17 December 2021|url= https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19473}}</ref> * ''A. crassa'' is present in the Lower Cambrian of the Russian Federation (Botomian, Kiya River section, ''Poliellaspis''-zone, Usa Formation, Kemorovo, Kuznetsk Alatau, 56.0° N, 88.0° E).<ref>{{cite journal|last1= Repina|first1= L.N.|last2= Romanenko|first2= E.V.|last3= Fedjanina|first3= E.S.|last4= Pegel|first4= T.V.|year= 1999|title= Trilobites from the Lower and Lowermost middle Cambrian of the Kiya river reference section (Kuznetsk, Alatau)|journal= Annales de Paléontologie|volume= 85|issue= 1|pages= 3–56|doi=10.1016/s0753-3969(99)80007-x|bibcode= 1999AnPal..85....3R}} ''cited in'' {{cite web|title= Abakania|author= Paleobiology Database|access-date= 17 December 2021|url= https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19473}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:Corynexochidae Category:Cambrian trilobites Category:Corynexochida genera Category:Fossils of Russia Category:Fossil taxa described in 1973 Category:Cambrian genus extinctions