Kootenia

Kootenia is a genus of trilobites of the family Dorypygidae. 118 specimens of Kootenia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.22% of the community.^[1] Its major characteristics are that of the closely related Olenoides, including medium size, a large glabella, and a medium-sized pygidium, but also a lack of the strong interpleural furrows on the pygidium that Olenoides has.^[2]

Kootenia Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Kootenia burgessensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Corynexochida
Family:	†Dorypygidae
Genus:	†Kootenia
Species
K. aculacauda K. brevispina Resser, 1939 K. burgessensis Whittington, 1975 K. convoluta Resser, 1939 K. crassa K. crassinucha K. dawsoni Walcott, 1889 K. diutina Fritz, 1972 K. fergusoni Gregory, 1903 K. germona K. marcoui K. mckeei K. modica Whitehouse, 1939 K. spencei Resser, 1939 K. styrax Palmer & Gatehouse

Kootenia assemblage at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

Synonyms

Kootenia is sometimes believed to be a junior synonym of Olenoides due to the marked similarities, and the fact that the main difference between them seems to be variable.^[3]

References

• Hagadorn, J.W. (2002). "Burgess Shale-type Localities: The global picture". In Bottjer, D.J.; W. Etter; J.W. Hagadorn; C.M. Tang (eds.). Exceptional Fossil Preservation -- A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231102542.
• Greg Edgecombe & the Australian Museum. "Australian Trilobites: A Species List and Bibliography". Retrieved August 23, 2005.
• Sam Gon III. "A guide to the Orders of Trilobites". Retrieved August 23, 2005.
• Nedin, C. (1995). "The Emu Bay Shale, a Lower Cambrian fossil Lagerstätte, Kangaroo Island, South Australia". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 18: 31–40.
• Simpson, Dave. "Trilobites of South Australia". Archived from the original on February 19, 2006. Retrieved August 23, 2005.

1. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.
2. Coppold, Murray and Wayne Powell (2006). A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale, p.59. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Field, British Columbia. ISBN 0-9780132-0-4.
3. Coppold, Murray and Wayne Powell (2006). A Geoscience Guide to the Burgess Shale, p.59. The Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation, Field, British Columbia. ISBN 0-9780132-0-4.

External links

• "Kootenia burgessensis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2023-01-21.