Peronopsis

Peronopsis
Temporal range: earliest Mayan to earliest Batyrbayan
Itagnostus interstrictus, until recently known as Peronopsis interstricta, from the Wheeler Shale, Utah
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Agnostida
Suborder:
Agnostina
Superfamily:
Agnostoidea
Family:
Peronopsidae
Genus:
Peronopsis

Hawle and Corda, 1847
subgenera[1]
  • Peronopsis (Peronopsis)
  • Peronopsis (Proacadagnostus) Naimark, 2012
  • Peronopsis (Svenax) Öpik, 1979
  • Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus) Naimark, 2012

and see text for species

Peronopsis (meaning "broach-like" or possibly "boot-like"[2]) is a genus of trilobite restricted to the Middle Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.[1]

  1. ^ a b Naimark, E.B. (2012). "Hundred species of the Genus Peronopsis Hawle et Corda, 1847". Paleontological Journal. 46 (9): 945–1057. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46..945N. doi:10.1134/S0031030112090018. S2CID 85130465.
  2. ^ Jaeger, Edmund C.; Gish, Merle (1959). A source-book of biological names and terms (3rd ed., rev. ed.). Springfield, IL: Thomas. p. 189. ISBN 978-0398061791.