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Kaskia chesterensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Kaskia chesterensis was named by Weller and Weller (1936). Its type specimen is Walker Museum 34437, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Kaskia chesterensis Weller and Weller pp. 708 - 711 figs. Plate 95, figures 4a - 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusKaskia
specieschesterensisWeller and Weller 1936

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.

Kaskia chesterensis Weller and Weller 1936
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Pendleian or 336.00000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (California) Kaskia chesterensis (226242)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) Kaskia chesterensis (76132)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Indiana) Kaskia chesterensis (7005 7020)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Indiana) Kaskia chesterensis (6880 6887)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Kentucky) Kaskia chesterensis (7064)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Illinois) Kaskia chesterensis (7068)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (California) Kaskia chesterensis (226417)