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Weberopeltis
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Trilobitomorpha
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Suborder:
Illaenina
Superfamily:
Illaenacea
Family:
Thysanopeltidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Weberopeltis Maksimova, 1957
Type Species:
Bronteus aculeatus WEBER, 1945
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Fig. 281. *W. aculeata (Weber), U.Sil., USSR(N.Urals), a, ceph., X1, b , pyg., X 1.7 (490).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-USSR(N.Urals)
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
Cephalon short and wide, glabella narrow, posteriorly rectangular, fixigenae broad, produced backward into stout spines. Pygidium with broad ribs between narrow furrows, marginal spines strongly developed as prolongations of ribs, middle rib divided distally in some.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Trilobitomorpha
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Suborder:
Illaenina
Superfamily:
Illaenacea
Family:
Thysanopeltidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Weberopeltis Maksimova, 1957
Type Species:
Bronteus aculeatus WEBER, 1945
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 281. *W. aculeata (Weber), U.Sil., USSR(N.Urals), a, ceph., X1, b , pyg., X 1.7 (490).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-USSR(N.Urals)
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
Cephalon short and wide, glabella narrow, posteriorly rectangular, fixigenae broad, produced backward into stout spines. Pygidium with broad ribs between narrow furrows, marginal spines strongly developed as prolongations of ribs, middle rib divided distally in some.