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Kielania
Taxonomy
Kielania was named by Vanek (1963). Its type is Harpes waageni.
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpetidae by Ebach and McNamara (2002), Jell and Adrain (2002), Beech and Lamsdell (2021), Johnson (2024).
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpetidae by Ebach and McNamara (2002), Jell and Adrain (2002), Beech and Lamsdell (2021), Johnson (2024).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Kielania Vanek |
| 1981 | Kielania (Lowtheria) Prantl and Pribyl |
| 2002 | Kielania Ebach and McNamara |
| 2002 | Kielania Jell and Adrain p. 392 |
| 2002 | Kielania Sepkoski |
| 2021 | Kielania Beech and Lamsdell p. 2221 |
| 2024 | Kielania Johnson p. 63 |
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G. †Kielania Vanek 1963
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†Kielania tumula Johnson 2024
†Kielania waageni Prantl and Pribyl 1954
Invalid names: Lowtheria Prantl and Pribyl 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. G. Johnson 2024 | Cephalon 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. |