Redlichiida

Eoredlichia intermedia

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Redlichiidae

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3Yunnan

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 5 — Photo 5 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 6 — Photo 6 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 7 — Photo 7 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Eoredlichia intermedia — photo 8 — Photo 8 · Type specimen s Reconstruction (Dai et al., Specimen with appendages and digestive glands 2013) preserved (Hou et al., 2009) (Yunnan; Peng Shanchi 2020) Complete dorsal shield (Yunnan; Acuan) Specimens of various developmental stages (Yunnan; Dai et al., 2023)

Classification

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Redlichiina / Superfamily Redlichioidea / Family Redlichiidae

Genus

Eoredlichia Chang, 1950

Genus author

Zhang Wentang

Genus etymology

eo-, Greek, dawn, beginning; Redlichia, a trilobite genus name

Species

E. intermedia (Lu, 1940)

Species author

Lu Yanhao

Species etymology

intermedia, Latin, intermediate

Age

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 3

Distribution

Yunnan

Synonyms

Redlichia intermediata; E. (Eoredlichia) intermedia

Diagnosis

Dorsal shield elongate-oval. Cephalon subsemicircular; glabella conical, broadly rounded anteriorly; three pairs of glabellar furrows, S3 shallow and indistinct, S1 deeper and longer; dorsal furrow distinct; occipital furrow shallow and broad medially, dee p and oblique laterally; occipital ring widest medially; palpebral lobe convex, crescentic, its posterior end set well away from the glabella; eye ridge stout, shorter than the palpebral lobe; preocular wing subtriangular; anterior facial suture branches making an angle of Angle with the axis 30-40 degrees; Free cheek broad, genal spines slender and long. Thorax of 15 segments, 9th segment with a stout, long axial spine; Pleural furrow broad and shallow, pleural spines short. Pygidium very small, with a fused segment; with one to two pairs of transverse furrows or pits not connected medially.

Remarks

This species is the type species of Eoredlichia.