Revision of F. R. C. Reed’s Ordovician trilobite types from Myanmar (Burma) and western Yunnan Province, China
Author
Fortey, Richard A.
Department of Earth Sciences, Museum of Natural History, Cromwell Road, London, SW 7 5 BD, UK.
Author
Wernette, Shelly J.
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. & Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
Author
Hughes, Nigel C.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-08
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.1
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Family
Illaenidae
Hawle & Corda, 1847
Remarks.
Reed (1915
,
1917
) figured and described a number of
Illaenus
species
under open nomenclature, mostly from cranidia alone. Illaenids are difficult to characterize even with the benefit of complete specimens, and almost impossible to determine from cranidia without other sclerites. Reed mostly compared his material with species known from the Russian platform, but there are few critical characters, and these specimens are figured here for the sake of completeness. The species in question are
Illaenus
aff.
schmidti
, I.
cf.
esmarki
and
I.
aff.
caecoides
from the Shihtien Formation,
Yunnan
, and
I.
aff.
portlocki
from Hwe-Mawng, northern
Shan State
.