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Kuamaia
Taxonomy
Kuamaia was named by Hou (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant. Its type is Kuamaia lata.
It was assigned to Merostomoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Arthropoda by Bambach et al. (2007); to Conciliterga by Paterson et al. (2012), Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017); and to Helmetiidae by O'Flynn et al. (2024), Losso et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Merostomoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Arthropoda by Bambach et al. (2007); to Conciliterga by Paterson et al. (2012), Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017); and to Helmetiidae by O'Flynn et al. (2024), Losso et al. (2025).
Species
K. lata (type species), K. muricata
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Kuamaia Hou |
| 2002 | Kuamaia Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Kuamaia Bambach et al. p. S78 |
| 2012 | Kuamaia Paterson et al. |
| 2017 | Kuamaia Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 8 fig. 6 |
| 2024 | Kuamaia O'Flynn et al. p. 810 |
| 2025 | Kuamaia Losso et al. p. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Kuamaia Hou 1987
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†Kuamaia lata Hou 1987
†Kuamaia muricata Hou and Bergström 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Atdabanian | China (Yunnan) | K. lata (68083 90149 90163 90494 96405 96406 96407 96412) K. lata, K. muricata (96402) K. sp. (86929) | |
| Nangaoian | China (Yunnan) | K. lata (132329 132330 194141 194153 194155 194161) |