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Plagiolaria
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Phacopida
Superfamily:
Phacopacea
Family:
Phacopidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plagiolaria KEGEL, 1952 [pro Plagiops Kegel, 1932 (non Аmyot, 1846, nec Townsend, 1912, nec Cresson, 1918]
Type Species:
Phacops plagiophthalmus Reinh. RICHTER, 1865
Images
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Fig. 367, 2. *P. plagiophthalmus (Reinh. Richter), TentaculitenSchiefer, Thuringia, 2 a-c, ceph., dorsal, anterior, side, x4 (415)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
M.Dev., Ger.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Similar to Cryphops, with generally broad cephalic border but very narrow below frontal lobe of glabella, border furrow in front of eyes faint to obsolete, glabella subtrapezoidal in outline, with anterior margin a gently curved line, "intercalating ring" flat, 1p lobes slightly detached, transglabellar furrow connecting 1p furrows nearly straight, clearly visible, occipital ring about as broad as "intercalating ring", eyes of cryptophthalmus pattern on somewhat rounded knob that is separated posteriorly by broad deep furrow extending from axial furrows to lateral border furrows, vincular furrow continuous along whole subcephalic edge. Pygidium transversely elongate, with 6 distinct axial rings, pleural fields with 5 pairs of ribs that indicate border by fading away distally.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Phacopida
Superfamily:
Phacopacea
Family:
Phacopidea
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Plagiolaria KEGEL, 1952 [pro Plagiops Kegel, 1932 (non Аmyot, 1846, nec Townsend, 1912, nec Cresson, 1918]
Type Species:
Phacops plagiophthalmus Reinh. RICHTER, 1865
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 367, 2. *P. plagiophthalmus (Reinh. Richter), TentaculitenSchiefer, Thuringia, 2 a-c, ceph., dorsal, anterior, side, x4 (415)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
M.Dev., Ger.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Eifelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
394.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Similar to Cryphops, with generally broad cephalic border but very narrow below frontal lobe of glabella, border furrow in front of eyes faint to obsolete, glabella subtrapezoidal in outline, with anterior margin a gently curved line, "intercalating ring" flat, 1p lobes slightly detached, transglabellar furrow connecting 1p furrows nearly straight, clearly visible, occipital ring about as broad as "intercalating ring", eyes of cryptophthalmus pattern on somewhat rounded knob that is separated posteriorly by broad deep furrow extending from axial furrows to lateral border furrows, vincular furrow continuous along whole subcephalic edge. Pygidium transversely elongate, with 6 distinct axial rings, pleural fields with 5 pairs of ribs that indicate border by fading away distally.