Weania Campbell and Engel 1963 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Alternative spelling: Archegonus (Weania)

Full reference: K. S. W. Campbell and B. A. Engel. 1963. The faunas of the Tournaisian Tulcumba Sandstone and its members in the Werrie and Belvue synclines, New South Wales. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia 10(1):55-122

Parent taxon: Weaniinae according to G. Hahn et al. 2003

See also Campbell and Engel 1963, Hahn et al. 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens 2003 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphiroaspis, Belgibole, Carbonocoryphe, Doublatia, Endops, Eowinterbergia, Evagena, Geigibole, Gracemerea, Hassiabole, Nipponaspis, Pseudowaribole, Thalabaria, Winterbergia, Pseudocyrtosymbole

Subtaxa: Weania goldringi Weania insulana Weania neso Weania praecox Weania semicircularis

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Type: Weania goldringi

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (2 collections), Thailand (1)

• Carboniferous of Australia (2), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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