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Paramalungia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Unknown
    Class:  
Trilobata
    Order:  
Redlichiida
    Superfamily:  
Redlichioidea
    Family:  
Dolerolenidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Paramalungia W. CHANG, 1966, p. 155
    Type Species:  
P. lubrica, OD, holotype (W. Chang, 1966, pl. 2, fig. 5), 18155, NIGP, Nanjing


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Fig. 284. *P. lubrica, eastern Yunnan (Yiliang), holotype, cranidium, X2 (W. Chang, 1966).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

China (eastern Yunnan), 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) (lower Canglangpuan)
    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) (lower Canglangpuan)
    Ending International Stage:  
Cambrian Stage 3
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
514.5


Description

Cranidium similar to Dolerolenus (Malungia), but having relatively large, smooth glabella, smooth cranidium, occipital ring with small occipital tubercle, relatively short and wide genal spines




References



Museum or Author Information

W. Chang, 1966