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Kathwaia capitorosa
Taxonomy
Kathwaia capitorosa was named by Grant (1966). Its type specimen is USNM 145320, an exoskeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kathwai-Kushab Road (5.5 miles S of Kathwai), Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale/limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Kathwaia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Kathwaia capitorosa Grant p. 71 figs. Pl 13, figs 1a-d |
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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.
†Kathwaia capitorosa Grant 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wuchiapingian | Pakistan (Punjab) | Kathwaia capitorosa (type locality: 42894) |