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Urokodia ✝
Description | Urokodia aequalis is an extinct genus of arthropod from the early Cambrian. The taxon is only known from the Maotianshan Shales of China, from which it was described by Hou et al. (1989) based on some 15 specimens. It segmentation resembles that of a millipede and it possessed head and tail shields with thorny spikes. It has some similarities to the arthropod Mollisonia that is known from both the Burgess Shale of Canada and the Kaili biota of China. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urokodia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Urokodia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Urokodia Hou & L.u.Chen, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Acta Palaeontol Sin 28 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urokodia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Urokodia aequalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Urokodia Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!