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Kawina scrobiculus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cydonocephalus scrobiculus was named by Whittington (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 16280, a cephalon/head, 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 scrobiculus by Congreve and Lieberman (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cydonocephalus scrobiculus Whittington p. 101 figs. Pl. 28, figs. 9-11
2011Kawina scrobiculus Congreve and Lieberman pp. Table S1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKawinaBarton 1916
speciesscrobiculus()

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 scrobiculus Whittington 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-10 09:20:17
Modified: 2010-01-11 07:53:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dapingian or 471.30000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4USA (California) Cydonocephalus scrobiculus (104639)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Cydonocephalus scrobiculus (type locality: 104752)