Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Abakania crassa

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Corynexochidae

Taxonomy
Abakania crassa was named by Romanenko (1999) [Romanenko in Repina et al. 1999]. Its type specimen is WSSGT 1406/45.5, a cephalon/head (dorsal shield), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. superba, A. usitata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Abakania crassa Romanenko p. 18 figs. Plate II, figures 10-19

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyCorynexochidaeAngelin 1854
genusAbakaniaPoletaeva 1973
speciescrassaRomanenko 1999

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.

†Abakania crassa Romanenko 1999
show all | hide all
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
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Abakania crassa (57021 57022)