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Kochiella

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Kochiella was named by Poulsen (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-l Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 81,379].

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Kochiella Poulsen
1963Eiffelaspis Chang
2002Kochiella Jell and Adrain p. 393
2002Kochiella 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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusKochiellaPoulsen 1927

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. †Kochiella Poulsen 1927
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†Kochiella arenosa Resser 1939
†Kochiella augusta Walcott 1886
†Kochiella brevaspis Sundberg and McCollum 2002
†Kochiella chares Walcott 1917
†Kochiella crito Walcott 1917
†Kochiella eiffelensis Rasetti 1951
†Kochiella gracilis Poulsen 1927
†Kochiella mackenziensis Norford 1968
†Kochiella mansfieldi Resser 1939
†Kochiella maxeyi Rasetti 1951
†Kochiella rasettii Sundberg and McCollum 2002
†Kochiella tuberculata Poulsen 1927
Invalid names: Eiffelaspis Chang 1963 [synonym]
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 12:15:15
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:15:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Merioneth or 515.30000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 506.5Greenland K. tuberculata, K. gracilis (225266)
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85Argentina (San Juan) K. sp., K. maxeyi (200106)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Pennsylvania) K. sp. (11113 11114 11115)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (British Columbia) K. sp. (196)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Alberta) Crepicephalus chares (225274)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Northwest Territories) K. mackenziensis (225268)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Kochaspis augusta (149563) Kochaspis augusta, K. rasettii (205006) K. brevaspis (225271)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) K. maxcyi, Kochaspis eiffelensis (225264) K. maxeyi, Kochaspis eiffelensis (225263)
Delamaran - Marjumian509.7 - 497.0USA (Idaho) K. arenosa (225267) K. mansfieldi (225269)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) K. gibbosa (56717) K. gibbosa, K. maxeyi, Kochaspis eiffelensis (56718 56721) K. gibbosa, K. superba, Kochaspis eiffelensis (56704) K. maxeyi (56720) K. maxeyi, Kochaspis eiffelensis (56703)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) K. sp., Kochaspis eiffelensis (188658)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Nevada) Kochaspis eiffelensis, K. augusta (50115) K. augusta (50098 50099 50100 50102 50110 50111 50112 50297 50299 50325 50326 50333 50334) K. brevaspis (50094 50095 50097 50108 50114 50292 50293 50294 50301 50327 50330 50331 50332 50336 50337 50338) K. maxeyi, K. augusta (50106) K. sp. (50101 50323 50335 50339)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Idaho) K. sp. (198)