Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1968. Lower and early Middle Cambrian trilobites from the Pioche Shale, East-Central Nevada, U.S.A. Palaeontology 11:36-43
Belongs to Kootenia according to W. H. Fritz 1968
Sister taxa: Kootenia acicularis, Kootenia aculacauda, Kootenia anabarensis, Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia crassa, 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 styrax, Kootenia yichunensis, Kootenia yui
Type specimen: USNM 153620, a pygidium. Its type locality is Pioche Shale, Bed 71, which is in a Delamaran carbonate shale/limestone in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Delamaran of United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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