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Korobovia ocellata

Agnostida - Calodiscidae

Taxonomy
Korobovia ocellata was named by Bengtson et al. (1990). Its type specimen is NMVP112656, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPLS7. Left bank of small stream 100m S of the Wirrealpa to Blinman road, which is in a Botomian marine shale in the Oraparinna Shale Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Korobovia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Korobovia ocellata Bengtson et al. pp. 264 - 266 fig. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyCalodiscidaeKobayashi 1943
genusKoroboviaJell 1990
speciesocellata

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.

†Korobovia ocellata Bengtson et al. 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Created: 2004-02-29 09:55:43
Modified: 2018-11-10 16:55:31
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Korobovia ocellata (type locality: 225127)