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Kaniniella

Trilobita - Olenida - Asaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Kaniniella was named by Kobayashi (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphiscidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Kaniniella Kobayashi
2002Kaniniella Jell and Adrain p. 391
2002Kaniniella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAsaphiscidaeRaymond 1924
genusKaniniellaKobayashi 1938

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. †Kaniniella Kobayashi 1938
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:48:56
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:48:56
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available