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Kootenia diutina

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Kootenia diutina was named by Fritz (1972). Its type specimen is GSC 27216, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73036, which is in a Cambrian marine limestone in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Kootenia diutina Fritz p. 36 figs. Pl. 1 figs. 3-5

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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)
speciesdiutina

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 diutina Fritz 1972
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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 Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Kootenia diutina (156132 156143 156145 156147 156150 156152 type locality: 156156 156157 156158 156159)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kazakhstan Kootenia diutina (99357)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Kootenia diutina (225165 233877)