Weania superba, (Mitchell 1918)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5623433 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B76A233-D778-FF96-A6C7-A76A65369E96 |
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Schizophillipsia superba (Mitchell 1918)
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1918 Phillipsia superba Mitchell ; p. 454–455, pl. 48, fig. 15, pl. 52, fig. 3. 1922 Phillipsia convexicaudata Mitchell ; p. 535–536, pl. 54, figs. 8–10. 1972 Cummingella ? superba ; Hahn & Hahn, p. 355.
1989 Gitarra superba ; Engel & Morris, p. 320–324, figs. 7–8.
1997 Weania (Rosehillia) superba ; Engel & Morris, p. 69, 79, 92 & 94.
Holotype. NGSF 15453 (internal mould of cranidium and librigena).
Locality. Type—unknown.
Emended diagnosis. Dorsal shield slightly convex; strongly incised glabella at γ, creating a bell-shaped outline; eyes large; palpebral lobes large, posteriorly placed; convex librigenae; short genal spines; occipital ring broader than base of glabella. 10 thoracic segments. Pygidium with 10–11 axial rings, 8–9 pleural ribs.
Remarks. Schizophillipsia superba was assigned to Gitarra by Engel & Morris (1989) due to its distinctive bell-shaped glabella and flat profile. Engel & Morris (1997) subsequently erected a new subgenus Weania (Rosehillia) to accommodate the species, as its flatter profile and pygidial features provided a better fit within their concept of Weania . However, the very distinctive shape of the glabella and the possession of 10 thoracic segments is more similar to Schizophillipsia.
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