Kielania

Kielania
Temporal range: Lochkovian–Eifelian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Harpetida
Family: †Harpetidae
Genus: †Kielania
Vaněk, 1963
Species
  • K. obuti
  • K. tumula
  • K. waageni

Kielania is an extinct genus of harpetid trilobite in the family Harpetidae. It is known from the Early and Middle Devonian. It is possibly related to the dubious genus Globoharpes from the Late Devonian of Australia.

References

  1. ↑ "Kielania". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Robert. G. (2024). "Devonian Harpetidae from the central and eastern Anti–Atlas, Morocco". Zootaxa. 5450 (1): 1–185. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5450.1.1. PMID 39646233.
  3. ↑ McNamara, Kenneth; Feist, Raimund; Ebach, Malte (2009). "Patterns of Evolution and Extinction in the Last Harpetid Trilobites During the Late Devonian (Frasnian)". Palaeontology. 52 (1): 11–33. Bibcode:2009Palgy..52...11M. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00832.x. S2CID 129912220.