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Kuanyangia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Uncertain
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kuanyangia Hupé, 1953
Type Species:
Redlichia pustulosa LU, 1941
Images
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Fig. 282,3. *K. (K.) pustulosa (LU), eastern Yunnan (Kunming); topotype, cranidium, X3 (W. Zhang, Lu, & others, 1980).
Synonyms
Kuanyiangia
Geographic Distribution
LYunnan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Cam.(“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Cam.(“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
509
Description
Cranidium subquadrate, glabella broad, conical, 3 pairs of oblique glabellar furrows continuous or discontinuous, occipital furrow shallow, with deeper lateral portions, preglabellar field absent or very short (sag.), anterior border convex and slightly arcuate forward, eye ridge stout, eye lobe medium-sized, thorax with 16 segments, surface pustulose
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Uncertain
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kuanyangia Hupé, 1953
Type Species:
Redlichia pustulosa LU, 1941
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 282,3. *K. (K.) pustulosa (LU), eastern Yunnan (Kunming); topotype, cranidium, X3 (W. Zhang, Lu, & others, 1980).
Synonyms
Kuanyiangia
Geographic Distribution
LYunnan
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Cam.(“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L. Cam.(“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
509
Description
Cranidium subquadrate, glabella broad, conical, 3 pairs of oblique glabellar furrows continuous or discontinuous, occipital furrow shallow, with deeper lateral portions, preglabellar field absent or very short (sag.), anterior border convex and slightly arcuate forward, eye ridge stout, eye lobe medium-sized, thorax with 16 segments, surface pustulose