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Tawuia dalensis

Taxonomy
Tawuia dalensis was named by Hofmann (1979). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is GSC 57893 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is GSC C73715, headwaters of Gayna River (76AC-2), which is in a Tonian basinal (carbonate) limestone in the Stone Knife Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Tawuia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tawuia dalensis Hofmann p. 158 figs. 13A-I
1994Tawuia dalensis Butterfield et al. p. 25 figs. Figs.8B-E, 23H

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
genusTawuia
speciesdalensis

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.

Tawuia dalensis Hofmann 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Tonian to the top of the Ediacaran or 1000.00000 to 541.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tonian1000.0 - 850.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Tawuia dalensis (227957 type locality: 227958 227960 227961)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0China (Anhui) Tawuia dalensis (10562)