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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B1AF3AD4E56621F8" bold="true" box="[151,357,967,993]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Mesonacis wileyi</emphasis>
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material.
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355550.
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355551 and PWNHC-2013.23.4-5.
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zone
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or Waucoban Series, Dyeran stage,
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,
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) and Webster
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(2011), early Cambrian, Sekwi Formation, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories,
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, Section 4, 430
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above the base of section; Section 3, 700
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above the base of the section.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B1FF3DD1E54D26C2" bold="true" box="[199,334,1218,1243]" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Etymology.</emphasis>
In honour of Edward O. Wiley, University of Kansas, for his fundamental contributions to the field of phylogenetics.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B1FF3C19E542273A" bold="true" box="[199,321,1290,1315]" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
LA does not contact anterior cephalic border furrow; width of extraocular area approximately equal to width (tr.) of glabella at L1; posterior border between LO and intergenal angle parallel to a transverse line; intergenal angle 45 to 50 degrees relative to a transverse line; genal spines terminate posteriorly opposite T5 or T6.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B1FF3C65E55A2796" bold="true" box="[199,345,1398,1423]" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Description.</emphasis>
Anterior cephalic border developed as a raised ridge, length (sag.) directly anterior of LA is approximately 0.5 times length (sag.) LO; small preglabellar field; anterolateral margin of LA directed posteriorly at approximately 45 degrees; LA length (sag.) equal to the combined length (sag.) of LO and L1; ocular furrow present; ocular lobes extend back to SO; S3 convex anteriorly, conjoined adaxially; abaxial margins of L2 adaxial of abaxial margins of L3; S1 and SO both conjoined adaxially; L1 length (sag.) approximately length (sag.) of LO; abaxial margins of L1 adaxial to abaxial margins of LO; posterior margin of LO convex posteriorly; extraocular area relatively wide, with prominent anastomosing ridges; posterior border between intergenal angle and LO is parallel to a transverse line; intergenal angle deflected anteriorly at 45 to 50 degrees; genal spine narrow, developed opposite L1 or S1, extends back to T5 or T6; prothorax consists of 13(?) segments and opisthothorax about 5 or 6; pleural spines long and directed posteriorly; T3 is macropleural with spines extending posterior of pygidium; axial spine is present, questionably on T13, approximately the length (sag.) of the thorax.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B1FF3E11E54F2502" bold="true" box="[199,332,1794,1819]" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Discussion.</emphasis>
This species is assigned to
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B3473E10E6F42503" box="[639,759,1795,1818]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Mesonacis</emphasis>
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due to the presence of several character states including: the anterolateral margins of LA are not prominently separated from the extraocular area by a furrow; the lateral margins of each prothoracic axial ring converge when proceeding from anterior to posterior. Further, this species can be distinguished from species of
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B30D3E7DE6A3259F" box="[565,672,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Olenellus</emphasis>
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based on several character states including: the transverse profile of the ocular lobe is convex dorsally; the intergenal angle is directed anteriorly approximately 45 degrees relative to a transverse line; and finally the thoracic pleural spines on all segments but the third are relatively narrow (tr.) compared with those of most species of
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4BFFC3B3463EC8E6EA25EA" box="[638,745,2011,2035]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="485">Olenellus</emphasis>
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. Lastly, this species is assigned to
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<taxonomicName id="93B84D1E3B4BFFC3B5AB3EC8E10D25EB" box="[1171,1294,2011,2034]" class="Trilobita" family="Olenellidae" genus="Mesonacis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Redlichiida" pageId="6" pageNumber="485" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mesonacis</taxonomicName>
,
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rather than
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B1AF398BE4FA22A9" box="[151,249,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">Bristolia</emphasis>
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on the basis of several character states including: the lateral margins of L2, when proceeding anteriorly, do not bulge relative to LO; the surface of the interocular area does not slope evenly from the tip of the ocular lobe to the glabella; the width of the interocular area is approximately equal to the width of the ocular lobe at its midlength; and the posterior margin of the thoracic pleural furrow on the third segment is directed evenly posterolaterally.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B1AF3F42E516247E" bold="true" box="[151,277,1617,1639]" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B0E03F42E628247E" bold="true" box="[472,555,1617,1639]" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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1, holotype KUMIP 355550, x1.9; 2, KUMIP 355551, x2.4; 3, PWNHC-2013.23.4, x2.6; 4, PWNHC-2013.23.5, x2.4.
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(
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has shorter thoracic spines and genal spines and possesses a much longer (sag.) thorax.
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(
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possesses a genal angle further posterior than that of
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B40A3FCBE19F24F6" box="[1330,1436,1751,1775]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">M. wileyi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B1AF3FE8E4F1250D" bold="true" box="[151,242,1787,1812]" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, a posterior border directed posteriorly between LO and the intergenal angle, and a prominent intergenal ridge.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B1E63E33E5CE252E" box="[222,461,1823,1847]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">Mesonacis bonnensis</emphasis>
(
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has a narrower extraocular area and a prominent intergenal ridge.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B1DC3E57E5E22542" box="[228,481,1860,1883]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">Mesonacis eagerensis</emphasis>
(
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possesses a narrower extraocular area and narrower pleural lobes.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B1AF3E7BE5932566" box="[151,400,1895,1919]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">Mesonacis hamoculus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="30294B6C3B4AFFC2B0983E75E6DB2566" author="Cowie" box="[416,728,1894,1919]" pageId="7" pageNumber="486" refString="Cowie, J. W. &amp; McNamara, K. J. (1978) Olenellus (Trilobita) from the Lower Cambrian strata of north-west Scotland. Palaeontology, 21, 615 - 634." type="journal article" year="1978">Cowie &amp; McNamara, 1978</bibRefCitation>
)
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has a prominent occipital spine and a narrower (tr.) posterior border between LO and the intergenal angle, which is directed slightly posteriorly.
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B1FF3EA3E5D225DE" box="[199,465,1967,1991]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">Mesonacis cylindricus</emphasis>
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(Palmer in
<bibRefCitation id="30294B6C3B4AFFC2B3B83EBCE7B125DE" author="Palmer" box="[640,946,1967,1992]" pageId="7" pageNumber="486" refString="Palmer, A. R. &amp; Halley, R. B. (1979) Physical stratigraphy and trilobite biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey, Professional Papers, 1047, 1 - 131." type="journal article" year="1979">Palmer &amp; Halley, 1979</bibRefCitation>
), which
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determined phylogenetically to be a more derived species within the genus, appears to be most similar to
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B4AFFC2B59D3EC7E10E25F2" box="[1189,1293,2003,2027]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="486">M. wileyi</emphasis>
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. Similarities include: extraocular area that is wider than the width of the glabella (tr.); LA does not contact the anterior cephalic border furrow; the adaxial and abaxial tips of S2 are on a transverse line; the lateral border of L2 diverges anteriorly; SO is conjoined adaxially (although this is not observed in the smallest specimen of
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B45FFCDB5DC39F2E14C22E1" box="[1252,1359,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="487">M. wileyi</emphasis>
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which represents an earlier ontogenetic stage); and the intergenal angle is 45 to 50 degrees relative to a transverse line. Some key differences between the species observed include: the posterior margin of the ocular lobe is opposite SO in
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<emphasis id="66CCEA8F3B45FFCDB18E385EE522237D" box="[182,289,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="487">M. wileyi</emphasis>
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and opposite the adaxial part of L
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; S
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is more prominently incised adaxially; the adaxial part of the cephalic border between the lateral margins of LO and the intergenal angle parallels a transverse line rather than being directed posteriorly (though again this is not observed in the smallest specimen of
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; and lastly the direction of the ocular lobes of
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do not form as large an angle to a sagittal line as those in
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.
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