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Coosella helena

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Taxonomy
Coosella helena was named by Lochman (1938).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Coosella helena Lochman

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMarjumiidaeKobayashi 1935
genusCoosellaLochman 1936
specieshelenaLochman 1938

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.

Coosella helena Lochman 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:11:34
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:12:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Dresbachian or 500.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Coosella helena (198256)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) Coosella helena (196379)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Coosella helena (54235 78933)