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Remopleurides
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Remopleuridacea
Family:
Remopleurididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Remopleurides Portlock, 1843
Type Species:
R. colbii, SD S. A. MILLER, 1889
Images
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Fig. 241, 1. *R. colbii, Ire., 1a, exoskel. (reconstr.), x2, 1 b, hypostoma (exterior), X3 (496).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Norway, Swed., Ire., Scot., Va., Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Glabellar tongue short (sag.), narrow (tr.), bent vertically down, 2 faint pairs of lateral furrows present, librigenae triangular in outline, with bases of long genal spines opposite broad (tr.), occipital ring. Doublure broad anteriorly, narrower laterally. Hypostoma transversely rectangular, borders convex, with diagonally directed paired oval areas on middle body. Thorax with 11 segments, axis wide (tr.), pleurae narrow (tr.), with prominent articulating boss and socket immediately outside axial furrows, longer pleural spines on 7th segment and backwardly directed axial spine on 8th segment may be present. Pygidium small, triangular, margin of pleural fields with 2 pairs of spines.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Remopleuridacea
Family:
Remopleurididae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Remopleurides Portlock, 1843
Type Species:
R. colbii, SD S. A. MILLER, 1889
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 241, 1. *R. colbii, Ire., 1a, exoskel. (reconstr.), x2, 1 b, hypostoma (exterior), X3 (496).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Norway, Swed., Ire., Scot., Va., Asia
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Darriwilian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
458.18
Description
Glabellar tongue short (sag.), narrow (tr.), bent vertically down, 2 faint pairs of lateral furrows present, librigenae triangular in outline, with bases of long genal spines opposite broad (tr.), occipital ring. Doublure broad anteriorly, narrower laterally. Hypostoma transversely rectangular, borders convex, with diagonally directed paired oval areas on middle body. Thorax with 11 segments, axis wide (tr.), pleurae narrow (tr.), with prominent articulating boss and socket immediately outside axial furrows, longer pleural spines on 7th segment and backwardly directed axial spine on 8th segment may be present. Pygidium small, triangular, margin of pleural fields with 2 pairs of spines.