Phacopida

Needmorella simoni

Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Dalmanitoidea / Family Dalmanitidae

Eifelian (Middle Devonian) to Emsian (Early Devonian)USA

Needmorella simoni — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Type specimen figures (upper: internal mould, lower: latex cast of the external mould; USA; Holloway et al., 2022)

Needmorella simoni — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Type specimen figures (upper: internal mould, lower: latex cast of the external mould; USA; Holloway et al., 2022)

Classification

Order Phacopida / Suborder Phacopina / Superfamily Dalmanitoidea / Family Dalmanitidae

Genus

Needmorella Holloway & Scott, 2022

Genus author

Holloway D. J. & Scott B. M.

Genus etymology

Needmore, from the Needmore Shale, the horizon of this genus; -ella, a Latin diminutive suffix

Species

N. simoni Holloway & Scott, 2022

Species author

Holloway D. J. & Scott B. M.

Species etymology

Simon, a person's name, from the son of the second author, B. M. Scott

Age

Eifelian (Middle Devonian) to Emsian (Early Devonian)

Distribution

USA

Diagnosis

Cephalon parabolic; glabella subpentagonal with a huge anterior lobe occupying about half the glabellar length, three pairs of glabellar lateral furrows; dorsal furrows deep; genal spines slender and curved. Thorax of eleven segments; pleural furrows medium- deep, pleural spines absent. Pygidium wider than long; axis of 7 rings and a terminal piece; pleural and interpleural furrows of the pygidial pleural region distinct.

Remarks

This species is the type species of the genus Needmorella.