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Kontrastina

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ordosiidae

Taxonomy
Kontrastina was named by Rozova (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Kontrastina samodiica.

It was assigned to Ordosiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
K. samodiica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Kontrastina Rozova
2002Kontrastina Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyOrdosiidaeLu 1954
genusKontrastina

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.

G. †Kontrastina Rozova 1964
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†Kontrastina samodiica Rozova 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Mayan or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) K. samodiica (131435 131486)