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Kuanyangia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Redlichioidea
Family:
Redlichiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kuanyangia HUPÉ, 1953a, p. 195
Type Species:
Redlichia pustulosa Lu, 1941, p. 78, OD, holotype (Lu, 1941, pl. 1, fig. 5), No. 2007, specimen lost during World War II
Images
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Fig. 282,3. *K. (K.) pustulosa (LU), eastern Yunnan (Kunming); topotype, cranidium, X3 (W. Zhang, Lu, & others, 1980).
Synonyms
Redlichia
Geographic Distribution
China (eastern Yunnan), Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis Zone.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Qiongzhusian)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Qiongzhusian)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
517.75
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
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Redlichioidea
Family:
Redlichiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kuanyangia HUPÉ, 1953a, p. 195
Type Species:
Redlichia pustulosa Lu, 1941, p. 78, OD, holotype (Lu, 1941, pl. 1, fig. 5), No. 2007, specimen lost during World War II
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
Redlichia
Geographic Distribution
China (eastern Yunnan), Eoredlichia-Wutingaspis Zone.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Qiongzhusian)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Qiongzhusian)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
517.75
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