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Cavaspina

Taxonomy
Cavaspina was named by Moczydlowska et al. (1993). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Shu et al. (2025).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Cavaspina Moczydlowska et al.
2025Cavaspina Shu et al. p. Appendix

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusCavaspina

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. †Cavaspina Moczydlowska et al. 1993
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Cavaspina acuminata Kolosova 1991
Cavaspina basiconica Moczydlowska et al. 1993
Cavaspina uria Nagovitsin and Faizullin 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: marineuc
Diet: "photoautotroph"uc
Created: 2026-03-25 11:23:14
Modified: 2026-03-25 11:23:14
Source: uc = unranked clade
Reference: Shu et al. 2025

Age range: Vendian or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8China (Anhui) C. basiconica (242336)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Russian Federation (Yakutsk) C. uria, C. acuminata (140284)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Mongolia (Khövsgöl) C. sp., C. basionica (221239)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Russian Federation (Sakha) C. acuminata (242355)
Vendian635.0 - 538.8Russian Federation (Yakutia) C. acuminata (140055) C. basiconica (139912 140056)
Vendian635.0 - 538.8Russian Federation (Charchyk) C. acuminata (140086)