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Caznaia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Caznaia was named by Shergold (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Saukiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Caznaia Shergold
2002Caznaia Jell and Adrain pp. 355, 479
2002Caznaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusCaznaiaShergold 1975

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. †Caznaia Shergold 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) C. sectaris (198294) C. sectatrix (198295 198297 198298) C. squamosa (198289 198290 198291 198292) C. squamosa, C. sectatrix (198293)