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Kootenia shangwanensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Kootenia shangwanensis 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 shangwanensis Ju

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyDorypyginaeKobayashi 1935
genusKootenia(Walcott 1899)
speciesshangwanensis

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.

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Duyunian or 514.00000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Zhejiang) Kootenia shangwanensis (type locality: 129765)