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Coosina

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Coosina was named by Rasetti (1956).

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Crepicephalidae by Westrop (1992), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Coosina Rasetti p. 1267
1992Coosina Westrop
2002Coosina Jell and Adrain p. 360
2002Coosina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCrepicephalidae
genusCoosinaRasetti 1956

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. †Coosina Rasetti 1956
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†Coosina amage Walcott 1916
†Coosina ariston Walcott 1916
†Coosina kindlei Westrop 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:14:23
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:14:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Marjumian to the top of the Paibian or 504.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (231)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) Maryvillia ariston (208618 208620 208621 208658 208659 208675 208676 208704 208705 208726 208751 208752 208754 208844 208984 208985)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Missouri) C. amage (214843)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Tennessee) Blountia amage (207131)
Marjumian - Steptoean504.5 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland) C. kindlei (196023)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2USA (Texas) Maryvillia ariston (208657 208674)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming-Montana) C. sp. (233)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (8956)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) C. ariston (62201)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. kindlei (54235)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) C. ariston (7182 7183 7186 7188 7198 7199 7200 7201 7284 7285 7286 7287 7294 7374 7375 7396 7403 7404 8020)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) C. ariston (8955)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) C. sp. (156412 156416 156417 156480)