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Kawina prominulus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cydonocephalus prominulus was named by Whittington (1963). Its type specimen is GSC 16287, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Kawina prominulus by Congreve and Lieberman (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Cydonocephalus prominulus Whittington p. 103 figs. Pl. 30, figs. 14-16
2011Kawina prominulus Congreve and Lieberman pp. Table S1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKawinaBarton 1916
speciesprominulus()

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.

†Kawina prominulus Whittington 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available