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Metaredlichia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Redlichioidea
Family:
Redlichiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Metaredlichia Lu in Lu & OTHERS, 1965, p. 66
Type Species:
Redlichia cylindrica W. Chang, 1953, p. 126, OD, holotype (W. CHANG, 1953, pl. 4, fig. 5), 7059a, NIGP, Nanjing
Images
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Fig. 275,1. * M. cylindrica (Chang), western Hubei (Yangtze Gorges), holotype, cranidium, X 5 (W. Chang, 1953)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China (Hubei), 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
Glabella broad, with frontal lobe broadly rounded and 4 pairs of glabellar furrows, occipital ring with small node, eye lobe long and arcuate, preglabellar field very short (sag.), border flat, anterior sections of facial sutures short and divergent. Axial lobe of pygidium with anterior ring, pleural region narrow with pair of pleural furrows situated anterolaterally. Librigena and thorax unknown.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Redlichioidea
Family:
Redlichiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Metaredlichia Lu in Lu & OTHERS, 1965, p. 66
Type Species:
Redlichia cylindrica W. Chang, 1953, p. 126, OD, holotype (W. CHANG, 1953, pl. 4, fig. 5), 7059a, NIGP, Nanjing
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 275,1. * M. cylindrica (Chang), western Hubei (Yangtze Gorges), holotype, cranidium, X 5 (W. Chang, 1953)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
China (Hubei), 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
Glabella broad, with frontal lobe broadly rounded and 4 pairs of glabellar furrows, occipital ring with small node, eye lobe long and arcuate, preglabellar field very short (sag.), border flat, anterior sections of facial sutures short and divergent. Axial lobe of pygidium with anterior ring, pleural region narrow with pair of pleural furrows situated anterolaterally. Librigena and thorax unknown.