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Kimakaspis kovalevskyi

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Kimakaspis kovalevskyi was named by Ghobadi Pour et al. (2011). Its type specimen is NMW 2005.32G.240 (articulated exoskeleton, internal mould) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 201. Karugach Section. East side of the Ayaguz River, about 7 km north of Akchii, which is in a Sandbian carbonate sandstone/siltstone in the Karagach Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Kimakaspis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Kimakaspis kovalevskyi Ghobadi Pour et al. p. 176 figs. 9, 10, 11e, g, 13i

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrinucleinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKimakaspis
specieskovalevskyi

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.

Kimakaspis kovalevskyi Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:35:52
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sandbian or 458.40000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Kazakhstan Kimakaspis kovalevskyi (type locality: 162194 162196)