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Paokannia
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Redlichioidea
Family:
Yinitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paokannia Ho & LI, 1959, p. 156
Type Species:
* P. chinensis, OD, holotype (Ho & LI, 1959, pl. 1, fig. 3a), 5803, CUGB, Beijing
Images
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Fig. 285,3. *P. chinensis, northwest Hupei (Baokang), holotype, cranidium, ×2 (Ho & Li, 1959).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Kashmir (Anantnag); China (western Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangsu), ?Drepanuroides Zone.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Canglangpuan)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
517.75
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Canglangpuan)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
513.4
Description
Similar to Drepanopyge, but having relatively narrower (tr.) cranidium and palpebral area of fixigena, a very small and short genal spine, and 6 to 7 small pygidial border spines.
References
Ho, Xinyi, \& Jinseng Li. 1959. Discovery of fossils from the Late Cambrian Sanyoudong Limestone, NW Hubei and its stratigraphical significance. Short Papers for the First All-China Conference on Stratigraphy 1. Beijing Geological College. p. 153-160, pl. 1.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Redlichioidea
Family:
Yinitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Paokannia Ho & LI, 1959, p. 156
Type Species:
* P. chinensis, OD, holotype (Ho & LI, 1959, pl. 1, fig. 3a), 5803, CUGB, Beijing
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 285,3. *P. chinensis, northwest Hupei (Baokang), holotype, cranidium, ×2 (Ho & Li, 1959).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Kashmir (Anantnag); China (western Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangsu), ?Drepanuroides Zone.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Canglangpuan)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
517.75
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Canglangpuan)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
513.4
Description
Similar to Drepanopyge, but having relatively narrower (tr.) cranidium and palpebral area of fixigena, a very small and short genal spine, and 6 to 7 small pygidial border spines.
References
Ho, Xinyi, \& Jinseng Li. 1959. Discovery of fossils from the Late Cambrian Sanyoudong Limestone, NW Hubei and its stratigraphical significance. Short Papers for the First All-China Conference on Stratigraphy 1. Beijing Geological College. p. 153-160, pl. 1.