Kootenia

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Kootenia
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
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Kootenia burgessensis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Corynexochida
Family: †Dorypygidae
Genus: †Kootenia
Species


 Resser, 1939
 Whittington, 1975
 Resser, 1939


 Walcott, 1889
 Fritz, 1972
 Gregory, 1903



 Whitehouse, 1939
 Resser, 1939
 Palmer & Gatehouse

Kootenia assemblage at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

Kootenia is a genus of trilobites of the family Dorypygidae. 118 specimens of Kootenia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.22% of the community.[1] Its major characteristics are that of the closely related Olenoides, including medium size, a large glabella, and a medium-sized pygidium, but also a lack of the strong interpleural furrows on the pygidium that Olenoides has.[2]

Synonyms[]

Kootenia is sometimes believed to be a junior synonym of Olenoides due to the marked similarities, and the fact that the main difference between them seems to be variable.[3]

References[]

  • Hagadorn, J.W. (2002). "Burgess Shale-type Localities: The global picture". In Bottjer, D.J.; W. Etter; J.W. Hagadorn; C.M. Tang (eds.). Exceptional Fossil Preservation -- A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231102542.
  • Greg Edgecombe & the Australian Museum. "Australian Trilobites: A Species List and Bibliography". Retrieved August 23, 2005.
  • Sam Gon III. "A guide to the Orders of Trilobites". Retrieved August 23, 2005.
  • Nedin, C. (1995). "The Emu Bay Shale, a Lower Cambrian fossil Lagerstätte, Kangaroo Island, South Australia". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 18: 31–40.
  • Simpson, Dave. "Trilobites of South Australia". Archived from the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2005.
  1. ^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.
  2. ^ Coppold, Murray and Wayne Powell (2006). A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale, p.59. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Field, British Columbia. ISBN 0-9780132-0-4.
  3. ^ Coppold, Murray and Wayne Powell (2006). A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale, p.59. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Field, British Columbia. ISBN 0-9780132-0-4.

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