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Kochina

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida

Taxonomy
Kochina was named by Resser (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm mMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 80,379].

It was assigned to Ptychopariacea by Sundberg and McCollum (2000); to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
K. americana, K. bosworthensis, K. macrops, K. wasatchensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
K. angustata, K. arctica, K. vestita

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Kochina Resser pp. 39 - 40
2000Kochina Sundberg and McCollum p. 626
2002Kochina Jell and Adrain p. 393
2002Kochina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyPtychopariaceaMatthew 1887
genusKochina

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.

G. †Kochina Resser 1935
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†Kochina americana Walcott 1912
†Kochina bosworthensis Resser 1935
†Kochina macrops Rasetti 1951
†Kochina wasatchensis Resser 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2009-02-26 11:51:26
Modified: 2009-02-26 13:51:26
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Merioneth or 506.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (Alberta) K. americana (225276) K. macrops (225275)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) K. vestita (10533)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (California) K. sp. (69516 205003)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Montana) Olenopsis americanus (225273)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) K. sp. (205002)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) K. sp. indet. (78913)
Topazan505.3 - 504.5USA (Idaho) K. vestita, K. wasatchensis (50208)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Arizona) K. angustata (211)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) K. arctica (195765)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Canada (British Columbia) K. sp. (199)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) K. sp. (206)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Idaho) K. sp. (198)