Aulacopleura
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Aulacopleura Temporal range: 472–385 Ma Middle Ordovician to Middle Devonian |
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| Aulacopleura konincki, Kosovu Beruna, Czech Republic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Proetida |
| Family: | Aulacopleuridae |
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Aulacopleura Hawle & Corda, 1847 |
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Arethusa konincki Barrande, 1846 |
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Arethusa Barrande, 1846 non De Montfort, 1808, Arethusina Barrande, 1852 |
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Arethusa Barrande, 1846 non De Montfort, 1808, Arethusina Barrande, 1852
Aulacopleura is a genus of proetid trilobite that lived from the Middle Ordovician to the Middle Devonian. The cephalon is semicircular or semielliptical, with border and preglabellar field. The glabella is short, with or without defined eye ridges connecting it with eyes of variable size. Spines at the rear outer corners of the cephalon (or genal spines) are present, typically reaching back to the 2nd to 4th thorax segment. The 'palate' (or hypostome) is not connected to the dorsal shield of the cephalon (or natant). The cephalon is pitted, or has small tubercles. The thorax has up to 22 segments. The pleural ends are usually rounded. The pygidium is small (micropygous), with an even margin.
Barrande described Arethusa konincki in 1846. However, Arethusa was occupied since it was used by De Montfort in 1808 for a foram protist. Barrande tried to correct this by proposing Arethusina as a replacement, but by that time that Hawle and Corda had already suggested Aulacopleura in 1847, which is thus the senior available name.
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