''Kanoshia'' is a genus of
trilobites in the order
Phacopida (family
Pliomeridae), that existed during the middle
Ordovician in what is now
Utah,
USA
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. It was described by Harrington in 1957, and the
type species is ''Kanoshia kanoshensis'', which was originally described under the genus ''
Pseudomera'' by Hintze in 1953. It also contains the species ''K. depressus'' and ''K. reticulata''. The
generic name is derived from the
type species' epithet, which in turn is derived from the name of the
type locality, the
Kanosh Formation.
Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
References
External links
''Kanoshia''
at the Paleobiology Database
Pliomeridae
Phacopida genera
Fossil taxa described in 1957
Ordovician trilobites
Fossils of the United States
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