Agnostida

Peronopsis majiangensis

Order Agnostida / Suborder Agnostina / Superfamily Agnostoidea / Family Peronopsidae

Cambrian, Miaolingian, WuliuanGuizhou

Peronopsis majiangensis — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Holotype NIGP21502 (Guizhou; Yuan Jinliang et al. 2002) Illustrated specimens (Guizhou; Yuan Jinliang et al. 2002)

Peronopsis majiangensis — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Holotype NIGP21502 (Guizhou; Yuan Jinliang et al. 2002) Illustrated specimens (Guizhou; Yuan Jinliang et al. 2002)

Classification

Order Agnostida / Suborder Agnostina / Superfamily Agnostoidea / Family Peronopsidae

Genus

Peronopsis Hawle & Corda, 1847

Genus author

Hawle I. & Corda A. J. C.

Genus etymology

Peronopsis, resembling a brooch or a boot.

Species

P. majiangensis Lu & Qian in Lu et al., 1974

Species author

Lu Yanhao, Qian Yiyuan

Species etymology

Majiang, Majiang, Guizhou.

Age

Cambrian, Miaolingian, Wuliuan

Distribution

Guizhou

Diagnosis

Glabella narrow, subcylindrical; frontal lobe large and long, subsemicircular-oval; F3 nearly straight; terminal end of posterior lobe flatly rounded, median node at the posterior third of the posterior lobe; F1 and F2 indistinct; border furrow deep; border narrow. Pygidial axis long, terminal end close to the posterior border furrow; axial node at the anterior third of the pygidial axis; no postaxial median furrow; pygidial border furrow deep; border broad, with a pair of short lateral spines.