Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Full reference: W. H. Fritz. 1972. Lower Cambrian trilobites from the Sekwi Formation type section, northwestern Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 212
Belongs to Kootenia according to W. H. Fritz 1972
Sister taxa: Kootenia acicularis, Kootenia aculacauda, Kootenia anabarensis, Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia crassa, Kootenia crassinucha, Kootenia dawsoni, Kootenia exilaxata, Kootenia fida, Kootenia fuyangensis, Kootenia germana, Kootenia gracilens, Kootenia gracilis, Kootenia henglinheensis, Kootenia idahoensis, Kootenia jialaoensis, Kootenia longa, Kootenia margoindistincta, Kootenia mathewsi, Kootenia quadriceps, Kootenia sanwanensis, Kootenia shangwanensis, Kootenia shanxiensis, Kootenia spencei, Kootenia styrax, Kootenia yichunensis, Kootenia yui
Type specimen: GSC 27216, a pygidium. Its type locality is Sekwi Formation - collection 73036, which is in a Cambrian marine limestone in the Sekwi Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), Canada (10: Northwest Territories), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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