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Naraoia compacta ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	331609	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=331609

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Nektaspida : Naraoia : Naraoia compacta

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
order	Nektaspida	Raymond 1920
genus	Naraoia	Walcott 1912
species	Naraoia compacta	Walcott 1912

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Naraoia compacta	species	belongs to Naraoia	stated with evidence	Walcott, 1912
Naraoia compacta	species	belongs to Naraoia	stated without evidence	Conway Morris and Robinson, 1988

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

513 - 499 Ma
Cambrian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Naraoia)

Vision

blind (based on Nektaspida)

Diet

carnivore (based on Naraoia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. Conway Morris and R. A. Robinson. 1988. More soft-bodied animals and algae from the Middle Cambrian of Utah and British Columbia. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 122:1-48

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1912	Naraoia compacta Walcott pp. 175-177 figs. pl. 28, figs 3-4
1988	Naraoia compacta Conway Morris and Robinson p. 25

References

Conway Morris S., Robinson R. A. (1988) More soft-bodied animals and algae from the Middle Cambrian of Utah and British Columbia, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 122, 1-48

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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