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Kuraspis similis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Kuraspis similis was named by Chernysheva (1960). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. praecox, K. quadrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Kuraspis similis Chernysheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusKuraspisChernysheva 1959
speciessimilisChernysheva 1960

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.

†Kuraspis similis Chernysheva 1960
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Ensyan or 497.00000 to 495.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Kuraspis similis (131072 131093 131345 131423)