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Encrinurus

Classification

    Phylum:  
Unknown
    Class:  
Trilobata
    Order:  
Phacopida
    Superfamily:  
Proetacea
    Family:  
Encrinuridae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Encrinurus Emmrich, 1844
    Type Species:  
Entomostracites punctatus Wahlenberg, 1821 (1819), by suppression of Trilobus punctatus BrĂ¼nnich, 1781 (proposed by R. P. TRIPP, 1956, ICZN pend.)


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Fossil Image
Fig. 350, 4. E. sp. cf. E. punctatus (Wahlenberg), 4a, ceph., front, 4 b, hypostoma, 4 c, exoskel., all x2.2 ( 406 n, reconstr. based on material from Llandov. Sh., Oslo, Norway).


Synonyms

Cryptonymus


Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Ord.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Dapingian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
471.26
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Sil.
    Ending International Stage:  
Pridoli
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
419


Description

Glabella widening markedly forward, with 3 pairs of lateral or transglabellar furrows, eyes more or less stalked. Thorax with 11 or 12 segments. Pygidium subtriangular, longer than broad, with 5 to 10 pairs of ribs. M.Ord.-Sil., cosmop.




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