Redlichiida

Wanneria cranbrookense

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Olenellina / Superfamily Olenelloidea / Family Olenellidae

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 4Canada

Wanneria cranbrookense — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Holotype UBC GT507 (Canada; Webster et al., 2024) (Canada; Caron et al., 2023) (Canada; Webster et al., 2024)

Wanneria cranbrookense — photo 2 — Photo 2 · Holotype UBC GT507 (Canada; Webster et al., 2024) (Canada; Caron et al., 2023) (Canada; Webster et al., 2024)

Wanneria cranbrookense — photo 3 — Photo 3 · Holotype UBC GT507 (Canada; Webster et al., 2024) (Canada; Caron et al., 2023) (Canada; Webster et al., 2024)

Classification

Order Redlichiida / Suborder Olenellina / Superfamily Olenelloidea / Family Olenellidae

Genus

Wanneria Walcott, 1910

Genus author

Walcott C. D.

Genus etymology

Wanner, Prof. Atreus Wanner of York, Pennsylvania, USA, who first described the type species of this genus.

Species

W. cranbrookense Webster in Webster & Caron, 2024

Species author

Webster M.

Species etymology

Cranbrook, a town in British Columbia, Canada.

Age

Cambrian, Series 2, Stage 4

Distribution

Canada

Diagnosis

Cephalon semicircular, genal spine bases broad, sometimes long; glabella clavate, frontal lobe transversely expanded, narrowest at S1, with three pairs of very shallow glabellar furrows; border and border furrow broad; palpebral lobe crescentic; shaped, close to the glabella. Thorax of 16 segments, prothorax and opisthothorax undifferentiated; 3rd segment without macropleural characters, 15th segment with axial spine; pleural furrow broad and shallow, ending at the base of the pleural spine. Pygidium usually obscured by the Obscured by the 15th-segment axial spine; details unknown.