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Naustia colombiana

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Kainella colombiana was named by Harrington and Kay (1951) [= 1942 Kainella meridionalis Kay (non Kobayashi), in Trumpy, p. 1287.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality Za-81. Rio Guaviere, which is in a Tremadoc marine limestone in the Guapayito Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Naustia colombiana by Vaccari and Waisfeld (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Kainella colombiana Harrington and Kay pp. 660 - 661 figs. Plate 96, figures 11 and 12
2010Naustia colombiana Vaccari and Waisfeld p. 274

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusNaustiaLudvigsen 1982
speciescolombiana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Naustia colombiana Harrington and Kay 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Colombia Kainella colombiana (type locality: 8862)