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Schmalenseeia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Unknown
    Class:  
Trilobata
    Order:  
Ptychopariida
    Superfamily:  
Burlingiacea
    Family:  
Burlingiidea
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Schmalenseeia MOBERG, 1903
    Type Species:  
S. amphionura


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Fig. 217, 2. *S. amphionura, Upper Cambrian, Swed., exoskel. without librigenae, x24 (331).


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Geographic Distribution

M.Cam.-Swed.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Cam.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Cambrian Stage 4
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
512.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Upper Cambrian
    Ending International Stage:  
Cambrian Stage 10
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
0
    Ending Date:  
486.85


Description

longer cephalon, well-defined occipital furrow and ring, 3 pairs of strongly impressed lateral furrows, thorax of 7 or 8 segments, almost rectilinear pleurae, evenly tapering axis, fairly large, wide pygidium of about 7 segments, segmentation being similar to that of thorax




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