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Kielania

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Kielania Vanek
1981Kielania (Lowtheria) Prantl and Pribyl
2002Kielania Ebach and McNamara
2002Kielania Jell and Adrain p. 392
2002Kielania Sepkoski
2021Kielania Beech and Lamsdell p. 2221
2024Kielania Johnson p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKielaniaVanek 1963

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Kielania Vanek 1963
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Subg. †Kielania (Kielania) Vanek 1963
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Kielania (Kielania) obuti Pribyl and Vanek 1986
Kielania tumula Johnson 2024
Kielania waageni Prantl and Pribyl 1954
Invalid names: Lowtheria Prantl and Pribyl 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. G. Johnson 2024Cephalon strongly vaulted. Occipital furrow medially straight (tr.). Alae depression
absent. Eye lobe short (exsag.), between 15% and 31% width (tr.) of glabella at S0. Course of inner margin of fringe across anterior of genal area convex. Girder moderately wide (sag. and exsag.), between 2.2% and 3% of width (tr.) of genicranium. Brim barely convex to moderately convex and sloping steeply at between 250 and 450. Standardised brim perforations moderately fine, less than 150 μm. Exterior rim fine and marginal band sloping down under cephalon. Thorax of up to 16 segments.