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Nepea
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Nepeacea
Family:
Nepeidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nepea WHITEHOUSE, 1939
Type Species:
N. narinosa
Images
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Fig. 188. *N. narinosa, exoskel. lacking librigenae (reconstr.), x2 (493, modified).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
NW.Queensl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Up.M.Cam.(Amphoton Stage)
Beginning International Stage:
Drumian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
504.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Up.M.Cam.(Amphoton Stage)
Ending International Stage:
Drumian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
500.5
Description
Glabella tapering forward, truncate at front, with 3 pairs of lateral furrows, swollen median boss occurs on preglabellar field, bounded laterally by furrows continuous from axial furrows, boss may impinge forward onto marginal furrow, anterior border very narrow, occipital spine present, fixigenae steeply upsloping, with palpebral areas 1.5 times width of glabella, posterior area elongate, about 3 times width (tr.) of occipital ring, with long or short slender genal spines. Thorax of no fewer than 22 segments. Pygidium very small, axis convex, with 2 or 3 axial rings, pleural regions low, with 2 or 3 pleurae.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Nepeacea
Family:
Nepeidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Nepea WHITEHOUSE, 1939
Type Species:
N. narinosa
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 188. *N. narinosa, exoskel. lacking librigenae (reconstr.), x2 (493, modified).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
NW.Queensl.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Up.M.Cam.(Amphoton Stage)
Beginning International Stage:
Drumian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
504.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Up.M.Cam.(Amphoton Stage)
Ending International Stage:
Drumian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
500.5
Description
Glabella tapering forward, truncate at front, with 3 pairs of lateral furrows, swollen median boss occurs on preglabellar field, bounded laterally by furrows continuous from axial furrows, boss may impinge forward onto marginal furrow, anterior border very narrow, occipital spine present, fixigenae steeply upsloping, with palpebral areas 1.5 times width of glabella, posterior area elongate, about 3 times width (tr.) of occipital ring, with long or short slender genal spines. Thorax of no fewer than 22 segments. Pygidium very small, axis convex, with 2 or 3 axial rings, pleural regions low, with 2 or 3 pleurae.