Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Alternative combination: Bathyuriscus (Kootenia) dawsoni
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1889. Description of new genera and species of fossils from the Middle Cambrian. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11(738):441-446
Belongs to Kootenia according to E. Landing et al. 2008
See also Sundberg 1994 and Walcott 1889
Sister taxa: Kootenia acicularis, Kootenia aculacauda, Kootenia anabarensis, Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia crassa, Kootenia crassinucha, Kootenia diutina, Kootenia exilaxata, Kootenia fida, Kootenia fuyangensis, Kootenia germana, Kootenia gracilens, Kootenia gracilis, Kootenia henglinheensis, Kootenia idahoensis, Kootenia jialaoensis, Kootenia longa, Kootenia margoindistincta, Kootenia mathewsi, Kootenia quadriceps, Kootenia sanwanensis, Kootenia shangwanensis, Kootenia shanxiensis, Kootenia spencei, Kootenia styrax, Kootenia yichunensis, Kootenia yui
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Delamaran of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Cambrian of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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