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Australokaskia convexicaudata

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Griffithides convexicaudatus was named by Mitchell (1918). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cummingella convexicaudata by Hahn and Hahn (1972); it was recombined as Australokaskia (Longilobus) convexicaudata by Engel and Morris (1995); it was recombined as Australokaskia convexicaudata by Vanderlaan and Ebach (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Griffithides convexicaudatus Mitchell p. 475 figs. pl. 46 f. 13; pl. 48 f. 1-3; pl. 52 f. 5-6
1963Griffithides convexicaudatus Campbell and Engel pp. 112-113 figs. pl. 8 f. 5-10
1972Cummingella convexicaudata Hahn and Hahn p. 346
1995Australokaskia (Longilobus) convexicaudata Engel and Morris pp. 196 - 198 figs. pl. 1, figs. 10–27
2015Australokaskia convexicaudata Vanderlaan and Ebach pp. 27 - 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusAustralokaskiaEngel and Morris 1994
speciesconvexicaudata(Mitchell 1918)

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.

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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Australokaskia convexicaudata (218772)