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Kawina torulus
Taxonomy
Cydonocephalus torulus was named by Whittington (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 16277, a cephalon/head (with hypostome), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.
It was recombined as Kawina torulus by Adrain and Fortey (1997), Congreve and Lieberman (2011).
It was recombined as Kawina torulus by Adrain and Fortey (1997), Congreve and Lieberman (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Cydonocephalus torulus Whittington p. 100 figs. Pl 29, figs 1-3, 6 |
| 1997 | Kawina torulus Adrain and Fortey pp. 92, 94 |
| 2011 | Kawina torulus Congreve and Lieberman pp. Table S1 |
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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.
†Kawina torulus Whittington 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Whiterockian | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Cydonocephalus torulus (type locality: 104752) | |
| Whiterockian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Cydonocephalus torulus (102252 102258 102259 102262 102265) |