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Ellipsotaphrus
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Cyclopygacea
Family:
Cyclopygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ellipsotaphrus WHITTARD, 1952
Type Species:
Aeglina monophthalma KLOUČEK, 1917
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Fig. 270, 1. *E. monophthalmus (Klouček), "d gamma 2" Zone, Czech., 6a, b. ceph., dorsal, lateral, x4 (94)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Czech, Eng, Wales
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
Glabella short, narrowing backward, front broadly rounded, with 2 entire furrows (posterior regarded as occipital furrow) and anterior pair of discontinuous furrows, posterior region of genae considerably elongated, facial sutures uniting dorsally, eyes separating glabella from anterior border. Thorax and pygidium imperfectly known.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Cyclopygacea
Family:
Cyclopygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Ellipsotaphrus WHITTARD, 1952
Type Species:
Aeglina monophthalma KLOUČEK, 1917
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 270, 1. *E. monophthalmus (Klouček), "d gamma 2" Zone, Czech., 6a, b. ceph., dorsal, lateral, x4 (94)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Czech, Eng, Wales
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Floian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
471.26
Description
Glabella short, narrowing backward, front broadly rounded, with 2 entire furrows (posterior regarded as occipital furrow) and anterior pair of discontinuous furrows, posterior region of genae considerably elongated, facial sutures uniting dorsally, eyes separating glabella from anterior border. Thorax and pygidium imperfectly known.