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Kuraspis obscura

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Kuraspis obscura was named by Chernysheva (1960). It is the type species of Kuraspis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. praecox

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Kuraspis obscura Chernysheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusKuraspisChernysheva 1959
speciesobscuraChernysheva 1960

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.

†Kuraspis obscura Chernysheva 1960
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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: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ayusokkanian or 499.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Yakut) Kuraspis obscura (232897)