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Wanneria
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Olenelloidea
Family:
Olenellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Wanneria WALCOTT, 1910, p. 296
Type Species:
Olenellus (Holmia) walcottanus Wanner, 1901, p. 267, OD, lectotype (Wanner, 1901, pl. 31, fig. 1, SD Resser & HOWELL, 1938, p. 227, pl. 10, fig. 9), 56807a, USNM, Washington, D.C.
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Fig. 260. *W. walcottana (W ANNER ), Pennsylvania; complete individual, topotype, USNM 85357, × 1 (Palmer & Repina, 1993, fig. 5).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
North America (widespread, including Greenland), middle Olenellus Zone.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
509
Description
Characters as for subfamily, Lower Cambrian, North America (widespread, including Greenland), middle Olenellus Zone
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Redlichiida
Superfamily:
Olenelloidea
Family:
Olenellidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Wanneria WALCOTT, 1910, p. 296
Type Species:
Olenellus (Holmia) walcottanus Wanner, 1901, p. 267, OD, lectotype (Wanner, 1901, pl. 31, fig. 1, SD Resser & HOWELL, 1938, p. 227, pl. 10, fig. 9), 56807a, USNM, Washington, D.C.
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 260. *W. walcottana (W ANNER ), Pennsylvania; complete individual, topotype, USNM 85357, × 1 (Palmer & Repina, 1993, fig. 5).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
North America (widespread, including Greenland), middle Olenellus Zone.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Beginning International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 3
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
521
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian (“Lower Cambrian” in Trilobite volume of Treatise = current Cambrian Epoch 2 of international scale)
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
0
Ending Date:
509
Description
Characters as for subfamily, Lower Cambrian, North America (widespread, including Greenland), middle Olenellus Zone