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Arkarua adami

Taxonomy
Arkarua adami was named by Gehling (1987). Its type specimen is SAMP26768 and is a cast. Its type locality is Upper beds, eastern end of the Chase Range, which is in an Ediacaran transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/claystone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Arkarua.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Arkarua adami Gehling pp. 339-344 figs. 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—PentaradialomorphaErwin et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
genusArkarua
speciesadami

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.

†Arkarua adami Gehling 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available