Ditomopyge meridionalis Teichert 1944
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Ditomopyge meridionalis Teichert 1944 View in CoL
1944 Ditomopyge meridionalis Teichert ; p. 458–461, pl. 77, figs. 1–5, 7–12.
Holotype. UWA 21331 (external moulds of cephalon and thorax).
Paratype material. UWA 21332 (internal pygidium), UWA 21333 (internal pygidium), UWA 21334 (internal cephalon), UWA 21335 (internal pygidium).
Locality. Western Australia, upper Wandagee Series, Helicoprion-Paragastrioceras Zone (Teichert 1944).
Diagnosis. See Teichert (1944: 458-460).
Remarks. Ditomopyge meridionalis is the only species of trilobite known from either the Carboniferous or Permian in Western Australia. Ditomopyge meridionalis is Artinskian (Early Permian) in age (Teichert 1944), and is the youngest known trilobite species from Australia.
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