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Pteroredlichia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Unknown
    Class:  
Trilobata
    Order:  
Redlichiida
    Superfamily:  
Redlichioidea
    Family:  
Redlichiidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Redlichia (Pteroredlichia) W. CHANG, 1966, p. 149
    Type Species:  
R. (P.) lui, OD, holotype (W. CHANG, 1966, pl. 1, fig. 7), 37606, NIGP, Nanjing


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Fossil Image
Fig. 273a-c. * R. (P.) lui, Longwangmiaoan (Redlichia chinensis Zone), northern China (western Henan), a, cranidium, X_{2.5}, b, librigena, x2.5, c, thorax, x2.5 (W. Chang, 1966).


Synonyms

R. (Pteroredlichia); Spinoredlichia Liu, 1975, p. 14 (type, S. typicalis, OD)


Geographic Distribution

northern and southwestern China, Korea. Middle Cambrian (Ordian): Australia.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Longwangmiaoan)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Cambrian Stage 4
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
514.5
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale) (Longwangmiaoan)
    Ending International Stage:  
Cambrian Stage 4
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
509


Description

Transverse or almost transverse anterior section of the facial suture extending great distance from glabella (i.e., width of anterior area of fixigenae (tr.) equals at least 1.1 times cranidial length), Thorax with 15 to 16 segments, Axial spine on the 11th axial ring, Posterior margin of pygidium either entire with continuous doublure or arched upward and forward without doublure, Hypostome of adults without spines




References



Museum or Author Information

W. Chang, 1966