Biology:Wagnerispina

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites

Wagnerispina
Temporal range: Visean
Viséan
Wagnerispina AAScaife.jpg
Wagnerispina coddonensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Wagnerispina
Gandl, 1977
Species and subspecies
  • Wagnerispina coddonensis Owens and Tilsley, 1995

Wagnerispina is a lower Carboniferous proetid trilobite.

Etymology

Wagnerispina was described from material found in England.[1] The specimen shown is from the same location.[2]

Distribution

Wagnerispina is found across Europe in lower carboniferous deposits and has been collected for example from Viséan deposits of SW England and the Czech republic.

Taxonomy

Identified as proetid trilobite from the lower Visean (Chadian substage) Coddon Hill formation by Woodward 1902.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q116198138 entry