Australokaskia noorooensis Engel & Morris 1995

Australokaskia noorooensis Engel & Morris 1995

1995 Australokaskia (Planilobus) noorooensis Engel & Morris; p. 199–201, pl. 2, figs. 1–8.

Holotype. AMF90458a/b (partial external/internal moulds of dorsal shield).

Paratype material. From NU L404: AMF90458c/d (external/internal pygidium and thorax), AMF90458e (external dorsal shield), AMF90458f (external pygidium). From NU L8: AMF90459a (external dorsal shield), AMF90459b/c (internal dorsal shield/ partial external pygidium and thorax), AMF90459d (external pygidium), AMF90460 (internal cranidium and pygidium), AMF90461 (external cranidium and hypostome), AMF90462 (external cranidium and internal pygidium), AMF90463 (external cranidium and pygidium), AMF90464 (external cranidium), AMF90465 (external cranidium), AMF90466 (internal cranidium), AMF90467 (internal cranidium), AMF90468 (internal cranidium and pygidium), AMF90469 (external pygidium), AMF90470 (internal cranidium), AMF90471 (external librigena), AMF90472 (internal librigena), AMF90473 (external pygidium), AMF90474 (external pygidium), AMF90475 (external pygidium), AMF90476 (external pygidium), AMF90477 (internal pygidium and thorax), AMF90478 (internal pygidium), AMF90479 (internal pygidium).

Locality. Type—NU L404. Other—NU L8.

Diagnosis. See Engel & Morris (1995: 199).

Remarks. Australokaskia (Planilobus) noorooensis strongly resembles Australokaskia (Planilobus) constricta Engel & Morris 1995. The glabella, particularly L1, in both species is similar in convexity and shape. The difference between the two species can be seen in the pygidia. Australokaskia (Planilobus) constricta has a distinctive constriction on its axial region in all specimens, whereas only a faint constriction can be seen in some of the specimens of A. (Planilobus) noorooensis. The pygidium of A. constricta is also longer, with more axial rings and pleural ribs than in A. (Planilobus) noorooensis.