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Coosia alethes

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Blountia alethes was named by Walcott (1916).

It was recombined as Coosia alethes by Stitt and Perfetta (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Blountia alethes Walcott pp. 397 - 398 figs. Plate 64, figs. I, la-c
2000Coosia alethes Stitt and Perfetta

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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
familyCrepicephalidae
genusCoosiaWalcott 1911
speciesalethes()

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.

Coosia alethes Walcott 1916
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:12:25
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:12:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Virginia) Coosia alethes (6960)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) Coosia alethes (8081)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Coosia alethes (7182 7183 7184 7186 7190 7193 7199 7200 7201 7277 7284 7285 7286 7287 7294 7374 7375 7396 7400 7402 7403 7404 7686 8021 8023 8082)