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Balnibarbi erugata subsp. sombrero

Description

Balnibarbi erugata sombrero (Fortey, 1974) Figure 2F

Balnibarbi sombrero Fortey, 1974: 32, pl. 6, fig. 1-4.

HOLOTYPE: Cranidium, PMO NF 835 (figured in Fortey, 1974: pl. 6, fig. 1-2).

TYPE LOCALITY: Profilstranda, Olenidsletta Member, Valhallfonna Formation, Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE: Middle of trilobite zone V 1b (Fortey, 1980). This zone coincides with the lower Oepikodus evae conodont zone and Pendeograptus fruticosus graptolite zone within the upper Floian (fig. 1; see also Kröger et al., 2017).

DIAGNOSIS: Balnibarbi erugata species with relatively long (sag.) preglabellar field (>0.35 length of glabella) and smooth exoskeletal surface. Known only from cranidia.

Notes

Published as part of Hopkins, Melanie J., 2019, Phylogenetic analysis and revision of the trilobite subfamily Balnibarbiinae (Olenidae), pp. 1 in American Museum Novitates 2019 (3928) on page 1, DOI: 10.1206/3928.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5369854

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Olenidae
Genus
Balnibarbi
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ptychopariida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fortey
Species
sombrero
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Balnibarbi erugata subsp. sombrero (Fortey, 1974) sec. Hopkins, 2019

References

  • Fortey, R. A. 1974. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 160: 1 - 129.
  • Fortey, R. A. 1980. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. III. Remaining trilobites of the Valhallfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 171: 163.
  • Kroger, B., S. Finnegan, F. Franeck, and M. J. Hopkins. 2017. The Ordovician succession adjacent to Hinlopenstretet, Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen. American Museum Novitates 3882: 1 - 28.