Peronopsis Temporal range: earliest Mayan to earliest Batyrbayan |
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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 | |
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Peronopsis (meaning "broach-like" or possibly "boot-like") is a genus of trilobite restricted to the Middle Cambrian. Its remains have been found in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
The subgenus Svenax is a contraction of Sven Axel, the given names of the paleontologist .
Peronopsis palmadon is intermediate between Peronopsidae and Condylopygidae, but it is not clear whether P. palmadon is ancestral to the Condylopigidae, a condylopigid exhibiting regression towards ancestral characters, or an example of parallel evolution.
These species may be assigned to one of the subgenera later or be reassigned to another genus.