Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Full reference: A. R. Palmer and C. G. Gatehouse. 1972. Early and Middle Cambrian Trilobites from Antarctica. Contributions to the geology of Antarctica
Belongs to Kootenia according to A. R. Palmer and C. G. Gatehouse 1972
Sister taxa: Kootenia acicularis, Kootenia aculacauda, Kootenia anabarensis, Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia crassa, Kootenia crassinucha, Kootenia dawsoni, 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 yichunensis, Kootenia yui
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Neptune Range area, Nelson Limestone Fm, 8 miles to the NE (Cambrian of Antarctica)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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