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Knechtelia festiva

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae

Taxonomy
Josina festiva was named by Lochman and Hu (1960). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Horizon SM21, Sheep Mtn. Sect., Park Shale Fm., WY - Lochman and Hu 1960, which is in a Menevian shallow subtidal grainstone/shale in the Park Shale Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Knechtelia festiva by Melzak and Westrop (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Josina festiva Lochman and Hu p. 830 figs. Pl. 100, figs. 28-35
1994Knechtelia festiva Melzak and Westrop p. 979 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 13-18

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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
familyMenomoniidaeWalcott 1916
genusKnechteliaLochman 1950
speciesfestiva()

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.

Knechtelia festiva Lochman and Hu 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:24:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:26:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Menevian or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Wyoming) Josina festiva (type locality: 9121)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Alberta) Knechtelia festiva (192240 192241 192245)