Order Uncertain

Pengia fusilis

Order Uncertain / Family Burlingiidae

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Hunan

Pengia fusilis — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Huanling Type specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004)

Pengia fusilis — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Huanling Type specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004)

Pengia fusilis — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Huanling Type specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004)

Pengia fusilis — photo 4 — Photo 4 · Huanling Type specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004) Literature specimen (Hunan; Peng et al., 2004)

Classification

Order Uncertain / Family Burlingiidae

Genus

Pengia Geyer & Corbacho, 2015

Genus author

Geyer G., Corbacho J

Genus etymology

Peng, a surname, in honour of Prof. Peng Shanchi, the first researcher of this genus

Species

P. fusilis (Peng, Babcock & Lin, 2004)

Species author

Peng Shanchi, Babcock L. E., Lin

Species etymology

fusilis, Latin, fused, referring to the completely fused dorsal shield

Age

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)

Distribution

Hunan

Synonyms

Schmalenseeia fusilis

Diagnosis

Cranidium, thorax and pygidium completely fused. Glabella conical with pointed-rounded front, 3 pairs of glabellar furrows all disconnected medially, no median node on the glabellar lobes; occipital ring with a median node; preglabellar median ridge absent or faint; palpebral lobes long. Thorax with 9-13 pleural segments, without pleural spines. Pygidium with two backward-extending pleural segments, posterior margin concave.

Remarks

This species is the type species of the genus Pengia.