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Kootenia aculacauda
Taxonomy
Kootenia aculacauda was named by Fritz (1968). Its type specimen is USNM 153616, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pioche Shale, Bed 72, which is in a Delamaran carbonate limestone/shale in the Pioche Shale Formation of Nevada.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. abacanica, K. anomalica, K. baishagonensis, K. brevispina, K. browni, K. burgessensis, K. convoluta, K. elongata, K. gaspensis, K. gimmelfarbi, K. granulospinosa, K. ichangensis, K. jakutensis, K. koksuensis, K. lakutensis, K. libertyensis, K. magnaformis, K. marcoui, K. mckeei, K. mendosa, K. nebulosa, K. nodosa, K. oblivia, K. ontoensis, K. otoensis, K. radiata, K. tersa, K. virginiana, K. vologdini, K. yui, K. distensa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Kootenia aculacauda Fritz p. 195 figs. Pl. 41, figs. 5,6,8 |
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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 aculacauda Fritz 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009 | |||||