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Coosia ✝
| Description | Coosia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coosia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Crepicephalidae : Coosia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Crepicephalidae : Coosia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Coosia Walcott, 1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 57, no. 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 499 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Crepicephalidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coosia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Coosia albertensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia alethes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Coosia bianos species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia canadensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia dakotensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia daunus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia expansa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia grandis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia holliensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia latilimbata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia longocula ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Coosia magna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia modesta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia parva species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia pernamagna ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Coosia pustulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia robusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia superba species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia wolfensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coosia wyomingensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1911 | Coosia Walcott |
| 2002 | Coosia Jell and Adrain p. 360 |
| 2002 | Coosia Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
