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Kootenia incerta

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Olenoides incertus was named by Rusconi (1945) [Olenoides (?) incertus].

It was recombined as Kootenia incerta by Leanza (1947), Tortello (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Olenoides incertus Rusconi p. 219 fig. 2
1947Kootenia incerta Leanza pp. 226 - 228 figs. pl. 1 f. 3, 4, 6, 10, 15-16
2022Kootenia incerta Tortello pp. 617 - 623 figs. 6, 7

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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)
speciesincerta(Rusconi 1945)

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 incerta Rusconi 1945
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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: base of the Wuliuan to the top of the Menevian or 506.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuliuan506.5 - 504.5Argentina (Mendoza) Kootenia incerta (220418 222585 223357)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Wyoming) Olenoides incertus (9120)