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Kuraspoides planus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Kuraspoides planus was named by Ogienko and Garina (1999). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Malykai Fm. trilobites, Borehole 417, 1216.0m, Yakutia - Ogienko and Garina 1999, which is in the Ayusokkanian of limestone the Malykai Formation the Russian Federation.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Kuraspoides planus Ogienko and Garina

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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
genusKuraspoidesOgienko and Garina 1999
speciesplanusOgienko and Garina 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.

Kuraspoides planus Ogienko and Garina 1999
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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: base of the Mayan to the top of the Ayusokkanian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation Kuraspoides planus (10025 10026 10040)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Kuraspoides planus (10034 10035 type locality: 10038 10039)