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Kootenia maladensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Kootenia maladensis was named by Resser (1939). Its type specimen is USNM 98533a, b. and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Topazan carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Kootenia maladensis Resser p. 47 figs. pl. 10 f. 12-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyDorypyginaeKobayashi 1935
genusKootenia(Walcott 1899)
speciesmaladensis

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 maladensis 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Topazan or 505.30000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Topazan505.3 - 504.5USA (Idaho) Kootenia maladensis (type locality: 50208)