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Kootenia quadriceps

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalus quadriceps was named by Hall and Whitfield (1877).

It was recombined as Dorypyge quadriceps by Dames (1884), Walcott (1889), Matthew (1897) and Mason (1935); it was recombined as Olenoides quadriceps by Walcott (1886), Walcott (1888) and Walcott (1890); it was misspelled as Dicellocephalus quadriceps by Walcott (1884); it was recombined as Kootenia quadriceps by Palmer (1954) and Sundberg (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Dikelocephalus quadriceps Hall and Whitfield p. 240 figs. pi. 1, figs. 37-40
1884Dorypyge quadriceps Dames p. 23
1884Dicellocephalus quadriceps Walcott p. 45 figs. pi. 9, fig. 24
1886Olenoides quadriceps Walcott p. 187 figs. pi. 29, figs. 1, 1a-c
1888Olenoides quadriceps Walcott p. 165
1889Dorypyge quadriceps Walcott p. 441
1890Olenoides quadriceps Walcott p. 646 figs. pi. 94, figs. 4, 4a-c
1897Dorypyge quadriceps Matthew p. 186
1935Dorypyge quadriceps Mason p. 116 figs. Plate 15, figs. 18-22
1954Kootenia quadriceps Palmer p. 65 figs. Plate 14, figures 1-3
1994Kootenia quadriceps Sundberg pp. 29 - 31 figs. Figure 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyDorypyginaeKobayashi 1935
genusKootenia(Walcott 1899)
speciesquadriceps(Hall and Whitfield 1877)

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.

Kootenia quadriceps Hall and Whitfield 1877
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Kootenia with pygidium having 6 pairs of moderately thick, short to moderate length spines; 4 axial rings; no axial nodes; moderately shallow pleural furrows; and wider border (10-15% pygidial length). Cranidium with parallel, concave axial furrows; short palpebral lobes (20-25% glabellar length).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yessubg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10subg
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10subg
Ribbing: nonesubg
Spines: minorsubg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: nektobenthicsubg
Diet: carnivoresubg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 11:46:41
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:36:35
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Delamaran or 509.00000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California) Dorypyge quadriceps (191414)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Kootenia quadriceps (10565 133730 134066)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Kootenia quadriceps (64529)