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Burlingia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Burlingiacea
Family:
Burlingiidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Burlingia WALCOTT, 1908
Type Species:
B. hectori
Images
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Fig. 217, 1, *B. hectori, W.Can.(B.C.), exoskel., X7.5 (311)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cam.
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
512.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cam.
Ending International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
498.75
Description
Cephalon about 0.3 total length of exoskeleton, occipital furrow and ring indiscernible, glabellar furrows lacking or represented by 2 pairs of pits on anterior half of glabella, Thorax of 14 or 15 segments, posterior half of axis tapering, pleurae strongly curved, Pygidium small, elongate, without defined segments
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Burlingiacea
Family:
Burlingiidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Burlingia WALCOTT, 1908
Type Species:
B. hectori
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 217, 1, *B. hectori, W.Can.(B.C.), exoskel., X7.5 (311)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cam.
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
512.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cam.
Ending International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
498.75
Description
Cephalon about 0.3 total length of exoskeleton, occipital furrow and ring indiscernible, glabellar furrows lacking or represented by 2 pairs of pits on anterior half of glabella, Thorax of 14 or 15 segments, posterior half of axis tapering, pleurae strongly curved, Pygidium small, elongate, without defined segments