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Kainella billingsi

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Hungaia billingsi was named by Walcott (1924). Its type specimen is USNM 70334 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Kainella.

It was recombined as Kainella billingsi by Walcott (1925), Dean (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. kindlei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Hungaia billingsi Walcott p. 37 fig. 7
1925Kainella billingsi Walcott p. 102 figs. Pl. 22, figs. 1-7
1989Kainella billingsi Dean p. 32 figs. Plate 22, figures 3, 5, 7-13; Plate 23, figures 1-3, 5-13; Plate 42, figures 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKainellaWalcott 1925
speciesbillingsi()

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.

†Kainella billingsi Walcott 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Kainella billingsi (10996 10998 11001 11002 11003 11005 11007)