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Kathrynia

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Kathrynia was named by Westrop (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 697]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Beech and Lamsdell (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Kathrynia Westrop
2002Kathrynia Jell and Adrain p. 391
2002Kathrynia Sepkoski
2021Kathrynia Beech and Lamsdell p. 2221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKathryniaWestrop 1986

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. †Kathrynia Westrop 1986
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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: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sunwaptan or 498.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan498.5 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) K. limbata (54094)