Coosia Walcott 1911 (trilobite)

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

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Marjumian of United States (2: Texas collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland, Yukon), China (2), United States (52: Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Wyoming-Montana)

Total: 58 collections including 60 occurrences

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