Wagnerispina

Extinct genus of trilobites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wagnerispina is a lower Carboniferous proetid trilobite.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:†Artiopoda
Class:†Trilobita
Order:†Proetida
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Wagnerispina
Temporal range: Visean Viséan
Wagnerispina coddonensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Proetida
Family: †Proetidae
Genus: †Wagnerispina
Gandl, 1977
Species and subspecies
  • Wagnerispina coddonensis Owens and Tilsley, 1995
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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.

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