Drepanopyge mirabilis

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Yinitidae

drepan-, Greek, sickle; pyg-, Greek, tail. A genus name based on a wrongly associated pygidium when the

mirabilis, Latin, wonderful, remarkable

Drepanopyge intermedia; Drepanopyge ornata

Dorsal shield elongate-oval, surface densely covered with fine nodes. Cranidium subsquare; glabella broad, cylindrical, three pairs of glabellar furrows, the posterior two pairs connected medially; occipital ring of uniform width, with a node; eye ridge long, palpebral lobe small; fixed cheek broad, posterior limb broadly triangular and rather long; outer border broad and convex; inner border extremely narrow, with a median ridge; anterior border furrow with a row of small pits; anterior facial suture branches short, Expanding outward; Posterior branch long, extending outward and backward; Free cheek narrow, genal spines slender, long and strongly curved, distal end pointing to the posterior margin of the pygidium. Thorax of 10 segments; Each ring with axial node; Pleural spines diverging outward; posterior branches long, extending outward and backward; free cheek narrow, genal spine slender, long and strongly curved, its tip pointing to the posterior margin of the pygidium. Thorax of 10 segments; each axial ring with a node; pleural spines stout and short. Pygidium subtriangular; axis long, subcylindrical, strongly convex; pleural lobes extending terminally into stout short lateral pygidial spines.

This species is the type species of Drepanopyge.