Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Belongs to Kootenia according to Zhou 1974

Sister taxa: Kootenia bolis, Kootenia boucheri, Kootenia dawsoni, Kootenia fida, Kootenia fuyangensis, Kootenia gracilens, Kootenia gracilis, Kootenia henglinheensis, Kootenia idahoensis, Kootenia jialaoensis, Kootenia longa, Kootenia mathewsi, Kootenia shangwanensis, Kootenia shanxiensis, Kootenia spencei, Kootenia yichunensis, Kootenia yui

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore