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Arkarua adami

Taxonomy
Arkarua adami was named by Gehling (1987). Its type specimen is SAMP26768 and is a cast. Its type locality is Upper beds, eastern end of the Chase Range, which is in an Ediacaran transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/claystone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Arkarua.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Arkarua adami Gehling pp. 339-344 figs. 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
PentaradialomorphaErwin et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
genusArkarua
speciesadami

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Arkarua adami Gehling 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partsg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Diet 2: osmotrophg
Created: 2009-02-27 13:43:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 11:04:01
Source: g = genus
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Australia (South Australia) Arkarua adami (type locality: 10280 10514 89840)