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Pagetides
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Agnostida
Superfamily:
Eodiscoidea
Family:
Eodiscidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pagetides RASETTI, 1945b, p. 311
Type Species:
P. elegans, OD, holotype (RASETTI, 1945b, pl. 1, fig. 1), 304a, LU, Montreal
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Fig. 252,2a,b. *P. elegans, upper Lower Cambrian (Sillery Formation), Quebec (Levis); a, holotype, cranidium, ×6; b, pygidium, ×6 (Rasetti, 1945b).
Synonyms
Discomesites
Geographic Distribution
upper Lower Cambrian: Scotland, USA (Alaska, New York, Vermont), Canada (Northwest Territories, Quebec), Russia (Siberian Platform), Australia (New South Wales), Antarctica. lower Middle Cambrian: Canada (Newfoundland).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale), lower Middle Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Wuliuan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
509
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale), lower Middle Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Wuliuan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
504.5
Description
Like Pagetia, but with well-developed palpebral furrows. Pygidium without axial spine.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Agnostida
Superfamily:
Eodiscoidea
Family:
Eodiscidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Pagetides RASETTI, 1945b, p. 311
Type Species:
P. elegans, OD, holotype (RASETTI, 1945b, pl. 1, fig. 1), 304a, LU, Montreal
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 252,2a,b. *P. elegans, upper Lower Cambrian (Sillery Formation), Quebec (Levis); a, holotype, cranidium, ×6; b, pygidium, ×6 (Rasetti, 1945b).
Synonyms
Discomesites
Geographic Distribution
upper Lower Cambrian: Scotland, USA (Alaska, New York, Vermont), Canada (Northwest Territories, Quebec), Russia (Siberian Platform), Australia (New South Wales), Antarctica. lower Middle Cambrian: Canada (Newfoundland).
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale), lower Middle Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Wuliuan
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
509
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
upper Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale), lower Middle Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Wuliuan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
504.5
Description
Like Pagetia, but with well-developed palpebral furrows. Pygidium without axial spine.