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Scharyia
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Trilobitomorpha
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Suborder:
Illaenina
Superfamily:
Proetacea
Family:
Proetacea - Uncertain Family
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Scharyia PRÜBYL, 1946
Type Species:
Proetus micropygus Hawle & CORDA, 1847
Images
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Fig. 317, 3. *S. micropyga (Hawle & Corda), Sil., Loděnice, 3a, ceph., x12, 3b, pyg., x10 (445a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Czech.-Pol.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small (5 mm long), Cephalon semicircular, with slightly convex border, preglabellar field rather broad (sag.), glabella tapering, no occipital lobes, palpebral lobe strongly curved, moderately distant from axial furrows, anterior sections of facial sutures divergent, posterior sections running laterally considerably in front of posterior border furrow, describing arc that ends close to genal spines, Thorax with 6 segments having pointed ends, Pygidium semicircular, relatively large, slightly convex, with distinctly separated broad border, axis rapidly tapering, not reaching border, with 6 to 9 rings, pleural fields with 5 ribs, Shape of posterior section of facial sutures and small number of thoracic segments are unique in Proetacea, Scharyia may represent larval stages of one or more other proetid genera
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Trilobitomorpha
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Suborder:
Illaenina
Superfamily:
Proetacea
Family:
Proetacea - Uncertain Family
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Scharyia PRÜBYL, 1946
Type Species:
Proetus micropygus Hawle & CORDA, 1847
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 317, 3. *S. micropyga (Hawle & Corda), Sil., Loděnice, 3a, ceph., x12, 3b, pyg., x10 (445a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Czech.-Pol.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Small (5 mm long), Cephalon semicircular, with slightly convex border, preglabellar field rather broad (sag.), glabella tapering, no occipital lobes, palpebral lobe strongly curved, moderately distant from axial furrows, anterior sections of facial sutures divergent, posterior sections running laterally considerably in front of posterior border furrow, describing arc that ends close to genal spines, Thorax with 6 segments having pointed ends, Pygidium semicircular, relatively large, slightly convex, with distinctly separated broad border, axis rapidly tapering, not reaching border, with 6 to 9 rings, pleural fields with 5 ribs, Shape of posterior section of facial sutures and small number of thoracic segments are unique in Proetacea, Scharyia may represent larval stages of one or more other proetid genera