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Kuamaia muricata ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)167499https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=167499
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Artiopoda : Kuamaia : Kuamaia muricata
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
subclassConcilitergaHou and Bergström 1997
genusKuamaiaHou 1987
speciesKuamaia muricataHou and Bergström 1997
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kuamaia muricataspeciesbelongs to Kuamaiastated with evidenceHou and Bergström, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance520 - 516 Ma
Cambrian
Motilitypassively mobile (based on Kuamaia)
Visionwell-developed (based on Kuamaia)
Dietcarnivore (based on Kuamaia)
Primary Reference (PBDB)X. Hou and J. Bergström. 1997. Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China. Fossils & Strata 45:1-116

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Kuamaia muricata Hou and Bergström

References

Hou X., Bergström J. (1997) Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China, Fossils & Strata 45, 1-116
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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