Myxinikela

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

†Myxinikela Bardack, 1991

• Type species: Myxinikela siroka Bardack, 1991

Etymology: The generic name is derived from myxine and ikelos (Greek for myxine-like).

References

• 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.