A review of the Carboniferous and Permian trilobites of Australia
Author
Vanderlaan, Tegan A.
Author
Ebach, Malte C.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3926
1
1
56
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.1
93974765-12a0-4ee8-bea2-e6448e88d9bd
1175-5326
288002
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Linguaphillipsia parvula
Engel & Morris 1996
1996
Linguaphillipsia parvula
Engel & Morris
; p. 129–130, pl. 2, figs. 9–18, text-fig. 6.
Holotype
.
AMF97019a/b (external/internal moulds of cranidium).
Paratype
material.
From NU L39: AMF97020 (external librigena), AMF97021 (external librigena), AMF97022a/b (external/internal pygidium), AMF97023 (external pygidium and librigena), AMF97024 (external pygidium), AMF98025 (internal pygidium), AMF97026 (external pygidium), AMF97027 (external pygidium), AMF97028 (external pygidium), AMF97029 (internal pygidium). From NU L1054: AMF97030 (internal librigena), AMF97031a/b (external/internal pygidium), AMF97032 (external pygidium).
Locality.
Type—NU L39. Other—NU L1054.
Emended diagnosis.
Eyes long, posteriorly placed; S1 distinct, obliquely placed; L1 short and wide. Pygidium triangular, with 11–13 axial rings, 7 pleural ribs; posterior rings and ribs poorly defined.
Remarks.
As
is stated above, the glabella of
Linguaphillipsia parvula
does not cross the anterior border furrow, which differs from the original generic diagnosis of
Linguaphillipsia
. In comparison to the other Australian species of
Linguaphillipsia
, specimens of
L. parvula
are very small. Engel & Morris (1996) include this in their diagnosis and claim they are distinguished from other species by their size, but as size should not be used as defining characteristic it has been removed from the diagnosis. The triangular pygidium and short glabella make it easily distinguishable from other
Linguaphillipsia
species in
Australia
.