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Kootenia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Corynexochida
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Dorypygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kootenia WALCOTT, 1888
Type Species:
Bathyuriscus (Kootenia) dawsoni
Images
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Fig. 159, 5. K. burgessensis RESSER, M.Cam., B.C.; exoskel., XO.7 (488).
Synonyms
Kooteniella
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-S.Am.Greenl.-N.Eu.-Asia-NE.Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
498.75
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 10
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
486.85
Description
narrower glabella, deeply impressed anterior border furrow, prominent anterior border, pygidium with better defined border, 4 to 7 (generally 6) pairs of marginal spines varying from mere scallops to long
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Corynexochida
Superfamily:
Unknown
Family:
Dorypygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kootenia WALCOTT, 1888
Type Species:
Bathyuriscus (Kootenia) dawsoni
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 159, 5. K. burgessensis RESSER, M.Cam., B.C.; exoskel., XO.7 (488).
Synonyms
Kooteniella
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-S.Am.Greenl.-N.Eu.-Asia-NE.Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
498.75
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 10
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
486.85
Description
narrower glabella, deeply impressed anterior border furrow, prominent anterior border, pygidium with better defined border, 4 to 7 (generally 6) pairs of marginal spines varying from mere scallops to long