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Kootenia acicularis
Taxonomy
Kootenia acicularis was named by Resser (1939). It 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 Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Kootenia acicularis Resser pp. 49, 50 figs. Plate 10, figs. 24 - 26 |
| 1994 | Kootenia acicularis Sundberg pp. 21 - 24 |
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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 acicularis Resser 1939
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. A. Sundberg 1994 | Kootenia with pygid-ium having 6 pairs of moderately thin, long spines; 4 axial rings; no axial nodes; moderately deep pleural furrows; and narrow border (5-15% pygidial length). Cranidium with slightly divergenr, concave axial furrows; moderate length palpcbral lobes (30- 35% glabcllar lengrh). |