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Kainella

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Kainella was named by Walcott (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Aren]. Its type is Hungaia billingsi.

It was assigned to Richardsonellinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
K. billingsi, K. conica, K. eleutherolfi, K. flagricauda (syn. K. inexpectans), K. meridionalis, K. teiichii
Species lacking formal opinion data
K. kindlei
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2021-12-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Kainella Walcott
1957Kainella Harrington and Leanza
2002Kainella Jell and Adrain p. 391
2002Kainella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKainellaWalcott 1925

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. †Kainella Walcott 1925
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†Kainella billingsi Walcott 1924
†Kainella conica Kobayashi 1935
†Kainella eleutherolfi Pratt 1988
†Kainella flagricauda White 1874
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Invalid names: Kainella inexpectans Walcott 1884 [synonym]
†Kainella meridionalis Kobayashi 1935
†Kainella teiichii Vaccari and Waisfeld 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Skullrockian to the top of the Stairsian or 488.90000 to 481.70000 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Argentina (La Rioja) K. conica (42518)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Argentina (La Rioja) K. meridionalis, K. conica (116138)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (Montana) K. flagricauda (69026)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (North Dakota) K. sp. (69036)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4Canada (Alberta) K. kindlei (50166)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) K. flagricauda (104506 104509 104510 104513 104514)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Northwest Territories) K. flagricauda (25754)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina K. meridionalis (208283 208284 208285) K. meridionalis, K. teiichii (208286) K. teiichii (208287 208288 208289 208290 208291 208292 208293 208294)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) K. teiichii (208299 208300 208301 208303 208304)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) K. billingsi (10996 11001 11002 11003 11005 11007) K. flagricauda, K. billingsi (10998)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Bolivia K. meridionalis (8804) K. sp. (8837 8838)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) K. conica (115691) K. meridionalis (9066 9080 9094 9101 74345 74348 115578 115579 115650 115651 115652 195522) K. sp., K. conica (9083) K. sp., K. meridionalis (115582)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina K. sp. (8867 8896 8897 8901 8902 8903 9008)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (La Rioja) K. conica (116139)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) K. meridionalis (74346 115699 115700 115769 115781 115783 115785 115826 115831 115840 115992 116025 116043 116047) K. meridionalis, K. conica (115813 115987) K. sp. (115815 116003) K. sp., K. meridionalis (116021)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Northwest Territories) K. eleutherolfi (192761)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Nevada) K. sp. (104503)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Utah) K. sp. (104066)