Artiopoda - 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 (Duyunia), Kootenia acicularis, Kootenia aculacauda, Kootenia anabarensis, Kootenia asiatica, Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia crassa, Kootenia dawsoni, Kootenia diutina, Kootenia exilaxata, Kootenia fida, Kootenia fiorens, Kootenia florens, Kootenia fuyangensis, Kootenia germana, Kootenia gracilens, Kootenia gracilis, Kootenia granulosa, Kootenia henglinheensis, Kootenia idahoensis, Kootenia incerta, Kootenia jialaoensis, Kootenia longa, Kootenia maladensis, Kootenia margoindistincta, Kootenia mathewsi, Kootenia minima, Kootenia moori, Kootenia nitida, Kootenia quadriceps, Kootenia randolphi, Kootenia sagena, Kootenia sanwanensis, Kootenia serrata, Kootenia shangwanensis, Kootenia shanxiensis, Kootenia siberica, Kootenia spencei, Kootenia styrax, Kootenia venusta, 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:
• Cambrian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Solvan of United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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