Pseudogygites sp.
UNB-2016-0017Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Arthropoda » Trilobita
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Dorypygidae
Genus: Ogygopsis (Walcott, 1889)
Species: Ogygopsis canadensis (Cannot find specimen online)
Several trilobite molds and casts on the surface of the sediment with varying degrees of preservation. One specimen is fully articulated and the other specimens are of only the thorax and pygidium. Axial rings and pleurae are thin. Glabella on the cephalon is large and rounded/squarish in appearance.
*This genus is only found in the Cambrian however the locality it comes from is Ordovician in age.
Specifications
| Object name | Pseudogygites sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0017 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita |
| Composition | Shale |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Ordovician Age: Trentonian to Maysvillian |
| Numeric age | 485 - 458 Mya |
| Origin | Collingwood, Ontario, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
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