30023 - Top Beautiful 0.35 Inch Kaskia Chesterensis Carboniferous Trilobite - Alabama, USA
30023 - Top Beautiful 0.35 Inch Kaskia Chesterensis Carboniferous Trilobite - Alabama, USA 30023 - Top Beautiful 0.35 Inch Kaskia Chesterensis Carboniferous Trilobite - Alabama, USA 30023 - Top Beautiful 0.35 Inch Kaskia Chesterensis Carboniferous Trilobite - Alabama, USA 30023 - Top Beautiful 0.35 Inch Kaskia Chesterensis Carboniferous Trilobite - Alabama, USA 30023 - Top Beautiful 0.35 Inch Kaskia Chesterensis Carboniferous Trilobite - Alabama, USA

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30023 - Top Beautiful 0.35 Inch Kaskia Chesterensis Carboniferous Trilobite - Alabama, USA

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Species
† Kaskia Chesterensis (Weller, 1936)
Age
Carboniferous, Mississippian (~355 million years)
Location
Russillville ,Alabama, USA
Formation
Bangor Limestone
Size
8.8 mm   •    in
Weight
1 g   •    oz
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Description
Kaskia, Weller 1936 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
 
PaleoDB taxon number: 21221

Alternative spelling: Paladin (Kaskia)

Full reference: J. M. Weller. 1936. Carboniferous trilobite genera. Journal of Paleontology 10(8):704-714

Parent taxon: Proetidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1954

Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Ameropiltonia, Analocaspis, Archegonus, Australokaskia, Basidechenella, Belgibole, Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Bollandia, Breviphillipsia, Carbonocoryphe, Carbonoproetus, Chaunoproetus, Chlupacula, Chuanqianoproetus, Comptonaspis, Conophillipsia, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetus, Cyphinioides, Cyrtodechenella, Cyrtoproetus, Cyrtosymbolinae, Cystispina, Dechenella, Deltadechenella, Diacoryphe, Drevermannia, Drevermanniinae, Elimaproetus, Elliptophillipsia, Engelomorrisia, Eocyphinium, Erbenaspis, Erbenites, Eremiproetinae, Exochops, Falcatoproetus, Fuscinipyge, Georhithronella, Gerastos, Globusia, Griffithidella, Hamiroproetus, Hassiabole, Hedstroemia, Helioproetus, Helokybe, Hesslerides, Hunanoproetus, Keidelia, Kollarcephalus, Lacunoporaspis, Latiglobusia, Latiproetus, Linguaphillipsia, Liobole, Liobolina, Longiproetus, Lugalella, Luojiashania, Mannopyge, Menorcaspis, Microspatulina, Mirabole, Monodechenella, Moschoglossis, Myoproetus, Nitidocare, Nunnaspis, Orbitoproetus, Ormistoniella, Osmolskia, Paladin, Palpebralina, Panibole, Paraglobusia, Parvidumus, Pedinocoryphe, Pedinodechenella, Perexigupyge, Phaseolops, Phillibole, Phillibolina, Philliboloides, Phillipsia, Phillipsiidae, Piltonia, Plesiowensus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Prantlia, Proetidellinae, Proetinae, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudodudu, Pseudoproetus, Pseudospatulina, Pseudowaribole, Pudoproetus, Reediella, Rhenocynproetus, Rhenogriffides, Richterella, Ryckholtia, Schaderthalaspis, Schizoproetina, Schizoproetoides, Schizoproetus, Semiproetus, Sevillia, Silesiops, Simaproetus, Skemmatopyge, Spatulata, Spinibole, Spinibolops, Tawstockia, Tetinia, Thebanaspis, Thigriffides, Triproetus, Tropidocare, Tropidocoryphinae, Typhloproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgellinae, Waribole, Weberides, Weyeraspis, Winiskia, Winterbergia, Witryides, Xenadoche, Xenocybe, Yuanjia

Subtaxa: Paladin (Kaskia) rarus

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Environments: marine (7 collections), (1), deep subtidal (1), carbonate (1), offshore shelf (1)

Age range: 353.8 to 298.9 Ma

Distribution:

• Chesterian of United States (5: Indiana, Texas collections)

• Carboniferous of Germany (1), Slovenia (3), United States (10: Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nevada)
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