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Kueichowia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Uncertain
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kueichowia Lu, 1942
Type Species:
K. liui
Images
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Fig. 299,1. *K. liui, northern Guizhou (Zunyi); holotype, cranidium, × 5.75 (W. Zhang, Lu, & others, 1980).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China
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)+S1222
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
509
Description
Glabella slightly tapering forward, with frontal lobe well rounded, occipital furrow narrow, deep, and continuous, eye ridge stout and oblique, eye lobe medium-sized, posterior cranidial border furrow narrow and deep, anterior cranidial border furrow shallow, anterior border slightly convex, preglabellar field longer (sag.) than anterior border. Surface pustulose. Librigena, thorax, and pygidium unknown. Lower Cambrian (lower Canglangpuan): China (northern Guizhou), Drepanuroides Zone.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Uncertain
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Uncertain
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kueichowia Lu, 1942
Type Species:
K. liui
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 299,1. *K. liui, northern Guizhou (Zunyi); holotype, cranidium, × 5.75 (W. Zhang, Lu, & others, 1980).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China
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)+S1222
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
509
Description
Glabella slightly tapering forward, with frontal lobe well rounded, occipital furrow narrow, deep, and continuous, eye ridge stout and oblique, eye lobe medium-sized, posterior cranidial border furrow narrow and deep, anterior cranidial border furrow shallow, anterior border slightly convex, preglabellar field longer (sag.) than anterior border. Surface pustulose. Librigena, thorax, and pygidium unknown. Lower Cambrian (lower Canglangpuan): China (northern Guizhou), Drepanuroides Zone.