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Dawsonia dawsoni

Agnostida - Eodiscidae

Taxonomy
Dawsonia dawsoni was named by Hartt (1868) [Middle Cambrian, Massachusetts].

It was recombined as Microdiscus dawsoni by Walcott (1884); it was recombined as Goniodiscus dawsoni by Raymond (1913); it was recombined as Calodiscus dawsoni by Howell (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Dawsonia dawsoni Hartt
1884Microdiscus dawsoni Walcott p. 23 figs. Pl. 2, FIgs 3, 3a
1913Goniodiscus dawsoni Raymond p. 101 figs. Fig. 14
1935Calodiscus dawsoni Howell p. 225
1943Dawsonia spinifera Kobayashi p. 39
1952Dawsonia dawsoni Rasetti pp. 449 - 450 figs. Plate 54, figures 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyEodiscidaeRaymond 1913
genusDawsoniaHartt 1868
speciesdawsoniHartt 1868

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.

Dawsonia dawsoni Hartt 1868
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Invalid names: Dawsonia spinifera Kobayashi 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-13 02:28:00
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:28:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Delamaran or 506.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (New Brunswick) Dawsonia dawsoni (34599)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (New Brunswick) Dawsonia dawsoni (34600)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Massachusetts) Dawsonia dawsoni (49340)