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Kawina chazyensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Pseudosphaerexochus chazyensis was named by Raymond (1905).

It was recombined as Kawina chazyensis by Shaw (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Kawina chazyensis Shaw

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKawinaBarton 1916
specieschazyensis(Raymond 1905)

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 chazyensis Raymond 1905
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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: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Pseudosphaerexochus chazyensis (56215 172226 172310)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Kawina chazyensis (103011 103014)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Kawina chazyensis (103298)