Order Uncertain

Pengia palsgaardia

Order Uncertain / Family Burlingiidae

Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)Denmark
Pengia palsgaardia — photo 1
Photo 1 · Restoration (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Type specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017)
Pengia palsgaardia — photo 2
Photo 2 · Restoration (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Type specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017)
Pengia palsgaardia — photo 3
Photo 3 · Restoration (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Type specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017)
Pengia palsgaardia — photo 4
Photo 4 · Restoration (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Type specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017)
Pengia palsgaardia — photo 5
Photo 5 · Restoration (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Type specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017) Literature specimen (Denmark; Ebbestad et al., 2017)
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. palsgaardia Ebbestad & Weidner, 2017
Species author
Ebbestad J. O. R., Weidne T.
Species etymology
Palsgård, a locality in Denmark, the source of the glacial erratic containing the specimens
Age
Guzhangian (Miaolingian, Cambrian)
Distribution
Denmark
Diagnosis
Compared with the type species Pengia fusilis, this species has a larger preglabellar field, with nodes in large individuals; a smaller glabella relative to the whole cephalon; small palpebral lobes; and narrower, longer
Remarks
/ librigenae.