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Kaolishania australis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae

Taxonomy
Kaolishania australis was named by Shergold (1971). Its type specimen is CPC 9729, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gola Beds B520, which is in a Franconian/Trempealeauan marine grainstone in the Gola Beds Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Kaolishania australis Shergold p. 48 figs. Pl. 12, fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyKaolishaniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusKaolishaniaSun 1924
speciesaustralis

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.

Kaolishania australis Shergold 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:29:56
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:29:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian - Trempealeauan497.0 - 486.85Australia (Queensland) Kaolishania australis (type locality: 198276 198280 198282 198283)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Kaolishania australis (198284)