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Kounamkites

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Kounamkites was named by Chernysheva (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid]. It is not extant.

It was corrected as Kuonamkites by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trilobita by Kouchinsky et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Kounamkites Chernysheva
2002Kuonamkites Jell and Adrain p. 394
2002Kounamkites Sepkoski
2011Kuonamkites Kouchinsky et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusKounamkitesChernysheva 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. †Kounamkites Chernysheva 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Solvan or 510.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Russian Federation K. rotundatus (235430)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Kazakhstan K. sp. (219910)