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Peronopsis

Peronopsis
Temporal range: earliest Mayan to earliest Batyrbayan
Itagnostus interstrictus - Wheeler Shale, Utah, USA - Cambrian period (≈ -507 MA) - 39.25°N 113.33°W.jpg
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
  • Peronopsis (Peronopsis)
  • Peronopsis (Proacadagnostus) Naimark, 2012
  • Peronopsis (Svenax) Öpik, 1979
  • Peronopsis (Vulgagnostus) Naimark, 2012

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and see text for species

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.


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