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Kootenia longa

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Kootenia longa was named by Ju (1983). It is not extant. Its type locality is Zhejiang, Dachenling Formation, which is in a Duyunian marine horizon in the Dachenling Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Kootenia longa Ju

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyDorypyginaeKobayashi 1935
genusKootenia(Walcott 1899)
specieslonga

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.

Kootenia longa Ju 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yessubg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10subg
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10subg
Ribbing: nonesubg
Spines: minorsubg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: nektobenthicsubg
Diet: carnivoresubg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 11:46:41
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:36:35
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Toyonian to the top of the Dyeran or 512.90000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland (Freuchen Land) Kootenia longa (96480)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Zhejiang) Kootenia longa (type locality: 129765)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) Kootenia longa (81434)