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Hospes
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Conocoryphacea
Family:
Conocoryphidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hospes STUBBLEFIELD, 1927
Type Species:
H. clonograpti
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Fig. 181, 8. *H. clonograpti, Eng., exoskel., x15 (287).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eng.-Ger.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc.)
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc.)
Ending International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
477.08
Description
Ovate, very small. Cephalon relatively large, rounded triangular, without anterior and lateral borders, glabella convex, slender, narrowing anteriorly to a blunt termination, without lateral furrows, separated from anterior margin by short preglabellar field. Thorax of 7 segments with wide, convex axis, very narrow pleural regions, and strongly ridged pleurae terminating in backward-directed, falcate points. Pygidium small, convex, semielliptical, segments few.
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Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Conocoryphacea
Family:
Conocoryphidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hospes STUBBLEFIELD, 1927
Type Species:
H. clonograpti
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 181, 8. *H. clonograpti, Eng., exoskel., x15 (287).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eng.-Ger.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc.)
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc.)
Ending International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
477.08
Description
Ovate, very small. Cephalon relatively large, rounded triangular, without anterior and lateral borders, glabella convex, slender, narrowing anteriorly to a blunt termination, without lateral furrows, separated from anterior margin by short preglabellar field. Thorax of 7 segments with wide, convex axis, very narrow pleural regions, and strongly ridged pleurae terminating in backward-directed, falcate points. Pygidium small, convex, semielliptical, segments few.