Kootenia Explained

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]

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

• Book: Burgess Shale-type Localities: The global picture . Hagadorn, J.W. . Bottjer, D.J. . W. Etter . J.W. Hagadorn . C.M. Tang . Exceptional Fossil Preservation -- A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life . Columbia University Press . 2002 . 0231102542 .
• Web site: Greg Edgecombe . the Australian Museum . amp . Australian Trilobites: A Species List and Bibliography . August 23, 2005 .
• Web site: Sam Gon III . A guide to the Orders of Trilobites . August 23, 2005 .
• Nedin, C. . The Emu Bay Shale, a Lower Cambrian fossil Lagerstätte, Kangaroo Island, South Australia . Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists . 1995 . 18 . 31–40 .
• Web site: Simpson, Dave . Trilobites of South Australia . August 23, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060219192556/http://info.esc.net.au/~dasimpson/index.htm . February 19, 2006 .

External links

• Web site: 2011. Kootenia burgessensis. Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112025257/http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=9. 2020-11-12. dead. 2023-01-21.

Notes and References

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