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Kochiella gracilis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Kochiella gracilis was named by Poulsen (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Kent, which is in a Waucoban marine horizon in the Cape Kent Formation of Greenland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Kochiella gracilis Poulsen
2004Kochiella gracilis Sundberg pp. Appendix 2

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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
speciesgracilis

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 gracilis Poulsen 1927
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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: Waucoban or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 506.5Greenland Kochiella gracilis (type locality: 225266)