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Kiowaia

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Kiowaia was named by Frederickson (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dokimocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Kiowaia Frederickson
2002Kiowaia Jell and Adrain p. 393
2002Kiowaia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusKiowaiaFrederickson 1949

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.

G. †Kiowaia Frederickson 1949
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) K. timberensis (54077 54084)