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Burlingia obscura

Artiopoda - Burlingiidae

Taxonomy
Burlingia obscura was named by Soloviev (1969). Its type specimen is 1/10136 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Мал. Куонамке, which is in an Amgan carbonate limestone in the Kuonamka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Burlingia obscura Soloviev

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyBurlingiidae
genusBurlingia
speciesobscuraSoloviev 1969

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.

†Burlingia obscura Soloviev 1969
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-07 06:49:48
Modified: 2010-01-07 08:49:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Amgan or 508.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Burlingia obscura (type locality: 235498)