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Kounamkites

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Kounamkites was named by Chernysheva (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid]. It is not extant.

It was corrected as Kuonamkites by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Kouchinsky et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Kounamkites Chernysheva
2002Kuonamkites Jell and Adrain p. 394
2002Kounamkites Sepkoski
2011Kuonamkites Kouchinsky et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusKounamkitesChernysheva 1956

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. †Kounamkites Chernysheva 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available