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Coosina amage

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Blountia amage was named by Walcott (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bull Run, northwest of Copper Ridge, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Nolichucky Formation of Tennessee.

It was recombined as Coosina amage by Lochman (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Blountia amage Walcott p. 398 figs. Plate 64, figs. 3, 3a
1968Coosina amage Lochman pp. 1161 - 1162 figs. Pl. 149, figs. 20-22

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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
familyCrepicephalidae
genusCoosinaRasetti 1956
speciesamage()

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.

Coosina amage Walcott 1916
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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 12:14:23
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:14:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Missouri) Coosina amage (214843)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Tennessee) Blountia amage (type locality: 207131)