Kootenia diutina Fritz 1972 (trilobite)

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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