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Kootenia germana

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Kootenia germana was named by Resser (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Kootenia germana Resser p. 49 figs. pi. 9, figs. 19-2
1979Kootenia germana Palmer and Halley pp. 81 - 82 figs. Plate 11, figures 22-24, 27-30

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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)
speciesgermanaResser 1939

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 germana Resser 1939
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Kootenia germana (149564 149565 149566 149568 149569)