†Coosia Walcott 1911 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Parent taxon: Crepicephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bagongshania, Coosina, Coosinoides, Crepicephalina, Crepicephalus, Hsuchuangia, Idioura, Kasatchaspis, Sinocoosella, Sinocrepicephalus, Temnoura, Uncaspis, Zaozhuangaspis
Subtaxa: Coosia alethes Coosia longocula Coosia pernamagna
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Yukon collections), China (2), Mexico (1), United States (54: Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Wyoming-Montana)
Total: 59 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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