Wagnerispina

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Wagnerispina
Temporal range: Visean
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Wagnerispina coddonensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Wagnerispina
Gandl, 1977
Species and subspecies
  • Wagnerispina coddonensisOwens and Tilsley, 1995

Wagnerispina is a lower Carboniferous proetid trilobite.

Contents

Etymology

Wagnerispina was described from material found in England. [1] The specimen shown is from the same location. [2]

Distribution

Wagnerispina is found across Europe in lower carboniferous deposits and has been collected for example from Viséan deposits of SW England and the Czech republic.

Taxonomy

Identified as proetid trilobite from the lower Visean (Chadian substage) Coddon Hill formation by Woodward 1902.

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References

  1. Woodward, H. (1902). "On a collection of trilobites from the Coddon Hill Beds, Lower Culm Measures near Barnstaple, north Devon and one from Glamorganshire". Geological Magazine. 9 (11): 481–7. Bibcode:1902GeoM....9..481W. doi:10.1017/S0016756800180215. S2CID   129359551.
  2. Owens, R.M. (1995). "An atheloptic trilobite assemblage from the Carboniferous of North Devon". Geological Magazine. 132 (6): 713–728. Bibcode:1995GeoM..132..713O. doi:10.1017/S0016756800018938. S2CID   129158199.