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Hemiarges leviculus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Hemiarges leviculus was named by Bradley (1930). Its type specimen is WM 28042, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Hemiarges leviculus Bradley pp. 271 - 272 figs. pl. 29 f. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusHemiargesGürich 1901
speciesleviculus

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Hemiarges leviculus Bradley 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. H. Bradley 1930Cephalon subelliptical in outline, weakly and evenly convex, about four-fifths as long as wide. The anterior and lateral slopes of the glabella are somewhat steeper than the posterior slope. Median lobe slightly more elevated than the lateral lobes, evenly convex from front to back. The first glabellar furrows are narrow but sharp, converging very little posteriorly, thus making the median lobe almost parallel sided, becoming obsolete at the base of the lateral lob,ls. The lateral lo·bes· are well circumscribed on the inside and in front and slope laterally to the margin of the shield. Second glabellar furrows obsolete; third glabellar furrows shallow, poorly defining the fourth glabellar lobes. Occipital lobes very small, showing as a slight intumescence on the bases of the fourth glabellar lobes. Occipital furrow straight, deep, wider than the glabellar furrows. Anterior margin of the shield is flattened and extends well around the lateral lobes before being intercepted by the facial suture. Fixed cheeks poorly preserved, but probably small and non-protruding. Surface pustulose. Known only from the cranidium.