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Kimberia bispicatus

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes

Taxonomy
Kimberia bispicatus was named by Dennis-Bryan and Miles (1983). Its type specimen is CPC 22567, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gogo Formation, which is in a Frasnian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone/shale in the Gogo Formation of Australia.

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by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2026-06-09; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2026-06-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Kimberia bispicatus Dennis-Bryan and Miles p. 161 figs. 10-14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
—Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderPhlyctaeniiformes
suborderBrachythoraciGross 1932
superfamilyCoccosteoideaDenison 1978
genusKimberia
speciesbispicatus

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.

†Kimberia bispicatus Dennis-Bryan and Miles 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-08-17 14:23:32
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:33:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 382.31000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) Kimberia bispicatus (type locality: 233189)