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Ktenoura

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ktenoura was named by Lane (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l S Ludl-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Ktenoura Lane
2002Ktenoura Jell and Adrain p. 394
2002Ktenoura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKtenouraLane 1971

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. †Ktenoura Lane 1971
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Ktenoura postrema Lane 1971
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
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-02-24 04:55:28
Modified: 2010-02-24 06:55:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Kuressaare or 440.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (Wales) K. patula (50156)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Shropshire) K. patula (49579 49580 49584)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom K. retrospinosa (165514)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia K. bicuspidata (14054) K. oronapi (14055 14101)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia K. oronapi (14125)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) K. postrema (229051)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia K. biduspidata (14068) K. sp. (14110)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) K. conformis (13578 13579 13580)
Kuressaare423.0 - 422.7Latvia K. sp. (13729)