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Keithia

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae

Taxonomy
Keithia was named by Raymond (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Keithia Raymond
2002Keithia Jell and Adrain p. 392
2002Keithia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyPtychaspididaeRaymond 1924
genusKeithiaRaymond 1924

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. †Keithia Raymond 1924
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Keithia similis Rasetti 1944
Keithia subclavatus Billings 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 09:47:46
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:47:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Sunwaptan or 492.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) K. schucherti (6871 8976)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) K. schucherti (81269 81270 81271 81272) K. subclavata (81285 81286)
Dolgellian492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) K. subclavata (8933 8934)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) K. similis (224137) K. subclavata (224138 224139 224140 224141 224144 224150)