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Jinghediscus
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Agnostida
Superfamily:
Eodiscoidea
Family:
Weymouthiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Jinghediscus XIANG & ZHANG, 1985, p. 92
Type Species:
*J. nummularius; OD; holotype (XIANG & ZHANG, 1985, pl. 1, fig. 1), T1348, CAGC, Beijing
Images
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Fig. 246,4a,b. *J. nummularius, lower Middle Cambrian (Xystridura Zone), Xinjiang; a, holotype, cranidium, ×8; b, pygidium, ×10 (Xiang & Zhang, 1985).
Synonyms
Mallagnostus
Geographic Distribution
China (Xinjiang), ?Australia (Queensland).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Middle Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
512.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Middle Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Wuliuan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
504.5
Description
Like Mallagnostus, with bilobed glabella divided by transverse furrow and posteriorly inflated
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Agnostida
Superfamily:
Eodiscoidea
Family:
Weymouthiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Jinghediscus XIANG & ZHANG, 1985, p. 92
Type Species:
*J. nummularius; OD; holotype (XIANG & ZHANG, 1985, pl. 1, fig. 1), T1348, CAGC, Beijing
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 246,4a,b. *J. nummularius, lower Middle Cambrian (Xystridura Zone), Xinjiang; a, holotype, cranidium, ×8; b, pygidium, ×10 (Xiang & Zhang, 1985).
Synonyms
Mallagnostus
Geographic Distribution
China (Xinjiang), ?Australia (Queensland).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Middle Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
512.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
lower Middle Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Wuliuan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
504.5
Description
Like Mallagnostus, with bilobed glabella divided by transverse furrow and posteriorly inflated