Eldredgeia

Eldredgeia
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Suborder: Phacopina
Family: Calmoniidae
Genus: Eldredgeia
Lieberman, 1993

Eldredgeia is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, suborder Phacopina, family Calmoniidae. This genus comes from the Devonian of South America and South Africa, usually found in nodules. The trilobite Eldredgeia venusta, from Bolivia, is the most common South American trilobite on today's fossil market, and even then it is not all that common. This genus has a spiny pygidium and usually the eye facets are well preserved.

Species

Assemblage Zone, Tikani, Estacion de Bombeo, Sicasica, La Paz Department (holotype). Also collected from the Gamoneda Formation, Cerro Picacho, 17 km S of Tarija, Tarija Department.[1] Late Lochkovian to early Pragian.


Gallery


References

  1. 1 2 Gloria Pirés de Carvalho, M. da, G.D. Edgecombe, and L. Smith. New Calmoniid Trilobites (Phacopina: Acastoidea) from the Devonian of Bolivia. American Museum Novitates, nr. 3407. 2003
  2. Trilobites Online


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.