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Abakania

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trilobita

Family
  
Corynexochidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Corynexochida

Rank
  
Genus

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Abakania is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

Distribution

  • A. superba occurs in the Lower Cambrian of the Russian Federation (Botomian, Sanashtykgol Spring, Sanashtykgol Formation, Altay-Sayan Region, 49.4° N, 136.4° E).
  • A. crassa is present in the Lower Cambrian of the Russian Federation (Botomian, Kiya River section, Poliellaspis-zone, Usa Formation, Kemorovo, Kuznetsk Alatau, 56.0° N, 88.0° E).

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    Abakania Wikipedia
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