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Guangweicaris spinatus
Taxonomy
Guangweicaris spinatus was named by Luo et al. (2007) [Housed at the Yunnan Geological Survey, Kunming, Yunnan, China]. Its type specimen is Kgs-1-26 and is not a trace fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Guangweicaris spinatus Luo et al. pp. 2-3 figs. pl. 1-1-6, pl. 2-1-6, fig. 1 |
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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.
†Guangweicaris spinatus Luo et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H.-L. Luo et al. 2007 | Body long, consisting of three parts: the cephalon, the thorax and the abdomen. There are 13 tergites throughout the body. An acron presents at the front of the caphalon and a telson attaches to the end of the abdomen. The cephalon consists of three tergites merged together. The thorax has 4 broad tergites. The abdomen is narrow and
column-like in outline, consisting of 6 tergites. A medial spine occurs on each tergite of the thoracic and abdominal part. A posterior spine presents on the telson. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||