Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Belongs to Kootenia according to Resser 1939
Sister taxa: Kootenia aculacauda, Kootenia anabarensis, Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia crassa, Kootenia crassinucha, Kootenia dawsoni, Kootenia diutina, Kootenia exilaxata, Kootenia fida, Kootenia fuyangensis, Kootenia germana, Kootenia gracilens, Kootenia gracilis, Kootenia henglinheensis, Kootenia idahoensis, Kootenia jialaoensis, Kootenia longa, Kootenia margoindistincta, Kootenia mathewsi, Kootenia quadriceps, Kootenia randolphi, Kootenia sanwanensis, Kootenia shangwanensis, Kootenia shanxiensis, Kootenia spencei, Kootenia styrax, Kootenia yichunensis, Kootenia yui
Type specimen: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (1: Idaho collection)
• Delamaran of United States (4: Nevada, Utah)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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