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Kulparina rostrata
Taxonomy
Kulparina rostrata was named by Conway Morris and Bengston (1990) [in Bengston et al., 1990]. Its type specimen is SAMP 30698 and is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Kulparina rostrata Conway Morris and Bengston |
| 2015 | Kulparina rostrata Skovsted et al. p. 929 |
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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.
†Kulparina rostrata Conway Morris and Bengston 1990
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. B. Skovsted et al. 2015 | Tommotiid with scleritome comprising two distinctive sclerite types: symmetrical pyramidal S sclerites and high, laterally compressed, asymmetrical L sclerites. S sclerites with elongated, narrow lateral plates, strongly flexed toward posterior. Anterior plate subtriangular to slightly U-shaped. L sclerites high, irregular, extremely variable, but generally with strong lateral compression and tendency toward ontogenetic fusion.
Differing from Sunnaginia and Eccentrotheca by presence of bilaterally symmetrical sclerites. Differing from Paterimitra by triangular cross section and concave anterior plate in S sclerites, lack of differentiated S2 sclerites, highly irregular morphology of L sclerites, and absence of polygonal surface micro-ornament. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Atdabanian | Australia (South Australia) | Kulparina rostrata (97767 97768 97769) | |
| Botomian | Australia (South Australia) | Kulparina rostrata (96916 97770) |