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Kitatella

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpididae

Taxonomy
Kitatella was named by Khalfin (1960) [Petrunia in Khalfin 1960].

It was assigned to Harpididae by Beech and Lamsdell (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Kitatella Khalfin
2021Kitatella Beech and Lamsdell p. 2220

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpididaeWhittington 1950
genusKitatellaKhalfin 1960

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. †Kitatella Khalfin 1960
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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: carnivorec
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-01-21 04:26:51
Modified: 2010-01-21 06:26:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available