Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx ( Fortey, 1974 )

Hopkins, Melanie J., 2019, Phylogenetic analysis and revision of the trilobite subfamily Balnibarbiinae (Olenidae), American Museum Novitates 2019 (3928), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx ( Fortey, 1974)

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Balnibarbi ceryx ceryx Fortey, 1974: 28 , pl. 8, fig. 1-6, pl. 9, figs. 1, 3, 4.

HOLOTYPE: Cranidium, SMA 84034 (figured in Fortey, 1974: pl. 8, fig. 1).

TYPE LOCALITY: Profilstranda, Olenidsletta Member, Valhallfonna Formation, Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE: Lower V 1b trilobite zone ( Fortey, 1980), which coincides with the lower Oepikodus evae conodont zone and Pendograptus fruticosus zone within the upper Floian (fig. 1; see also Kröger et al., 2017).

DIAGNOSIS: Cloacaspis ceryx species with relatively long (sag.) preglabellar field (0.08 – 0.19 length of glabella) and finely granular exoskeletal surface.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Cloacaspis spp. A. Cloacaspis ekphymosa Fortey, 1974, USNM 144232. Collected from the Lost River Area on Seward Peninsula, Alaska, and previously identified as Triarthrus sp. (Ross, 1965). Arrow pointing to postpalpebral furrow. B. Anterior border of Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra (Fortey, 1974), AMNH- FI-101655. Black arrows pointing to faint anterior border pits on internal mold. C. Cloacaspis ceryx anataphra (Fortey, 1974), AMNH-FI-101655. Collected from PO-18 of the Olenidsletta Member of the Valhallfonna Formation (Kröger et al., 2017). D) Cloacaspis ceryx ceryx (Fortey, 1974), AMNH-FI-101657. Close-up of E, anterior glabellar lobe and F,posterior wing, showing presence of fine granulation of recently prepared surface (white arrow) and lack of granulation on exposed and slightly eroded surface (black arrow). Collected from bed PO-18 of the Olenidsletta Member of the Valhallfonna Formation (Kröger et al., 2017). Scale bars = 1 mm except A and D, where scale bar = 5 mm.