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Kochiella arenosa

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Kochiella arenosa was named by Resser (1939). Its type specimen is USNM 98556 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 59c - Mill Creek (=Liberty Creek), west of Liberty, Bear River Range, which is in a Delamaran/Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Kochiella arenosa Resser p. 56 figs. pl. 11 f. 5-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusKochiellaPoulsen 1927
speciesarenosa

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.

Kochiella arenosa 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: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
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 12:15:15
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:15:15
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Marjumian or 509.70000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran - Marjumian509.7 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Kochiella arenosa (type locality: 225267)