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Coosella convexa

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Taxonomy
Coosella convexa was named by Tasch (1951). Its type specimen is USNM 115619 (cranidium & pygidium) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Warriorsmark, Huntingdon, which is in a Merioneth shallow subtidal limestone in the Warrior Formation of Pennsylvania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Coosella convexa Tasch p. 289 figs. Plate 47, figures 13-15

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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
familyMarjumiidaeKobayashi 1935
genusCoosellaLochman 1936
speciesconvexa

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 convexa Tasch 1951
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Merioneth or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Coosella convexa (77663 77664 77665 77670 77674 77680 77682 77688 77689 77690 77692 type locality: 77693 77696 77697 77698)