Odontopleurida

Gaotania pulchella

Order Odontopleurida / Family Odontopleuridae

Aeronian (Llandovery, Silurian)Guizhou

Gaotania pulchella — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Holotype NIGP21614 (Guizhou; Wei Xin 2020)

Classification

Order Odontopleurida / Family Odontopleuridae

Genus

Gaotania Chang, 1974

Genus author

Zhang Wentang

Genus etymology

Gaotan, Gaotan, Meitan, Guizhou

Species

G. pulchella Chang, 1974

Species author

Zhang Wentang

Species etymology

pulch-, Latin, beautiful

Age

Aeronian (Llandovery, Silurian)

Distribution

Guizhou

Diagnosis

Occipital ring without spines or nodes; genal spines long. Thorax of 10 segments; axis similar in width to pleurae; pleurae without pleural furrows, pleural spines of the posterior segments gradually lengthening. Pygidium rather flat; axial rings subtriangular; 4 pairs of pygidial spines, the outer lateral ones larger.