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Kawina ✝
| Description | Kawina is an extinct genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida. It contains one species, K. wilsoni. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Cheiruridae : Kawina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Kawina Barton, 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Washington Univ. Studies, 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Cheiruridae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | minor spines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Kawina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kawina arnoldi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kawina chazyensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kawina divergens ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kawina griphus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina limbata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina mercurius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina nevadensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kawina prolificus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina prominulus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina scrobiculus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina sinica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Kawina torulus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina vulcanus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina webbi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Kawina wilsoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1916 | Kawina Barton |
| 1963 | Cydonocephalus Whittington p. 97 |
| 2002 | Cydonocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 362 |
| 2002 | Kawina Jell and Adrain p. 391 |
| 2002 | Cydonocephalus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Kawina 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!
