Agnostida
Toledodiscus valverdi
Order Agnostida / Suborder Eodiscina / Superfamily Eodiscoidea / Family Weymouthiidae
Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 4Spain



Classification
Order Agnostida / Suborder Eodiscina / Superfamily Eodiscoidea / Family Weymouthiidae
Genus
Toledodiscus
Genus author
Collantes L. & Pereira S.
Genus etymology
Toledo, Toledo Province, Spain; disc-, Greek, disc.
Species
T. valverdi Collantes & Pereira, 2025
Species author
Collantes L. & Pereira S.
Species etymology
contributions to the palaeontological research of Toledo Province, Spain, and long devoted himself to the made outstanding contributions and long devoted himself to the protection and promotion of the palaeontological protection and promotion of the palaeontological heritage of the Toledo Mountains. heritage of the Toledo Mountains.
Age
Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 4
Distribution
Spain
Diagnosis
Cephalon semicircular-oval, lateral margins of larger specimens with six pairs of equidistant nodes; border furrow broad, of moderate depth; preglabellar field long (longitudinally); glabella nearly conical, of similar convexity to the cheek lobes, With three pairs of deep, broad, distinct glabellar furrows: S1 and S2 slightly oblique backward, S3 straight; dorsal furrow deep; a deep furrow in front of the glabella; occipital ring convex, raised medially, with an occipital spine; Eye ridge slender, extending to the lateral border furrow; preocular area depressed and flat. Thorax composed of three similar segments; axis narrower than pleural lobes; pleural furrow broad and deep, almost extending to the end of the triangular pleural segment; Pygidium nearly oval; pygidial axis conical, with nine distinct axial rings and one terminal segment; postaxial field extremely narrow; border furrow broad, deep and continuous; with five to six pairs of marginal spines.