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Coosia longocula

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Coosia longocula was named by Palmer (1962). Its type specimen is USNM 143160, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duck Creek [Raiff Limestone], which is in a Dresbachian marine limestone in the Raiff Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. albertensis, C. pustulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Coosia longocula Palmer pp. F-28 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCrepicephalidae
genusCoosiaWalcott 1911
specieslongocula

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.

†Coosia longocula Palmer 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available