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Gaka
Taxonomy
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Gaka Kruse p. 45 |
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G. †Gaka Kruse 1990
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. D. Kruse 1990 | Conch straight or dorsoventrally curved near apex; transverse section pentagonal-lensoid; dorsoventral margin sharply keeled; dorsum with three sharp rounded longitudinal keels (one median, two lateral) dividing it into four lateral faces; venter with broad median longitudinal convexity; sculpture of transverse ribs or rugae; one or more sinuses on dorsal rim of aperture, approximatley corresponding to keels; aperture dorsally orthoginal to amblygonal |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Middle Cambrian or 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Cambrian | Australia (Northern Territory) | G. gakawurin (60045) |