Kochina Resser 1935 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1935. Nomenclature of some Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 93(5):1-46

Parent taxon: Ptychopariacea according to F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum 2000

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eokochaspis, Hadrocephalites, Mexicella

Subtaxa: Kochina americana Kochina bosworthensis Kochina macrops

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Delamaran of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (5: California, Montana, Nevada, Utah)

• Cambrian of Canada (2: British Columbia, Newfoundland), United States (5: Arizona, Idaho, Utah, Vermont)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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