Journal article
Systematics of the Ordovician trilobites Ischyrotoma and Dimeropygiella, with species from the type Ibexian area, western U.S.A
Journal of paleontology, Vol.75(5), pp.947-971
09/2001
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000039871
Abstract
Lower Ordovician sections in the type Ibexian area of western Utah contain a considerably more diverse trilobite fauna than has previously been reported. Reinvestigation of these faunas, based on new field sampling, allows a reassessment of the dimeropygid genera Ischyrotoma Raymond, 1925, and Dimeropygiella Ross, 1951. These taxa have been considered synonyms, but parsimony analysis indicates each is a well supported clade, and they are best recognized as sister genera. The number of species known from Ibex has been doubled, from four to eight, and morphological information is now available for most parts of the exoskeleton. New species include Ischyrotoma juabensis (Juab Formation), I. wahwahensis (Wah Wah Formation), Dimeropygiella fillmorensis (Fillmore Formation), and D. mccormicki (Fillmore Formation). The previously named species Dimeropygiella caudanodosa, D. blanda, and D. ovata are fully revised on the basis of abundant new material. Pseudohystricurus is a paraphyletic group, with species distributed as a basal grade of the Ischyrotoma/Dimeropygiella group.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Systematics of the Ordovician trilobites Ischyrotoma and Dimeropygiella, with species from the type Ibexian area, western U.S.A
- Creators
- Jonathan M Adrain - University of IowaStephen R Westrop - University of OklahomaEd Landing - New York State MuseumRichard A Fortey - Natural History Museum
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of paleontology, Vol.75(5), pp.947-971
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0022336000039871
- ISSN
- 0022-3360
- eISSN
- 1937-2337
- Number of pages
- 25
- Alternative title
- Adrain et al.—Ordovician Trilobites Ischyrotoma and Dimeropygiella
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2001
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984229180102771
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