Coosella Lochman 1936 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Parent taxon: Marjumiidae according to J. C. Lamsdell and P. A. Selden 2015

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Westrop 1992

Sister taxa: Anemocephalops, Crepichilella, Glyphopeltis, Holmdalia, Ithyektyphus, Lecanopleura, Modocia, Nasocephalus, Nericella, Nericia, Pearylandia, Petruninaspis, Schyilaspis, Shickshockia, Syspacheilus

Subtaxa: Coosella convexa Coosella helena Coosella intermediens Coosella kieri Coosella perplexa Coosella prolifica Coosella texana

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Type: Coosella prolifica

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (12: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon), United States (64: Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 77 collections including 98 occurrences

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