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Stegnopsis erythragora

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Stegnopsis erythragora was named by Amati (2014). Its type specimen is OU 11853, a cephalon/head (nearly complete, small cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LQ-WF. Lawrence Quarry, which is in an Edenian sand shoal limestone in the Welling Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Stegnopsis erythragora Amati pp. 23 - 25 figs. Pl. 18, Figs. 4-6; Pl. 19, Figs. 4, 5; Pls. 20, 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusStegnopsis
specieserythragora

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Stegnopsis erythragora Amati 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Amati 2014A species of Stegnopsis with very wide, evenly rounded cranidial border; anterior facial sutures directed abruptly forward just before intersecting to form sharp point. Palpebral lobes large. Librigenae without genal spines in large holaspids. Pygidium with relatively well-defined axial furrows.