The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)Warburton, Cecil
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 04 (of 10)
Warburton, Cecil
Animals
=Fam. 7. Olenidae= (Figs. 142, 143; 150, B, C).—The cephalic shield is
larger than the pygidium. The glabella is either rectangular or
parabolic. The facial suture passes from the posterior to the anterior
margin. The palpebral lobes are of moderate or rather large size, and
are connected by an eye-line with the front part of the glabella. The
thorax includes from eleven (occasionally fewer) to eighteen segments
with grooved pleurae. The pygidium is usually small, with from two to
eight segments. Principally Cambrian. Genera: _Ptychoparia_, _Angelina_,
_Solenopleura_, _Sao_, _Agraulos_ (_Arionellus_), _Ellipsocephalus_,
_Protolenus_, _Olenus_, _Peltura_, _Acerocare_, _Eurycare_, _Ctenopyge_,
_Leptoplastus_, _Triarthrus_, _Parabolina_, _Sphaerophthalmus_,
_Parabolinella_, _Ceratopyge_ (position doubtful). _Dikelocephalus_ is
usually placed in the Olenidae, but perhaps belongs to a distinct
family.
=Fam. 8. Calymenidae= (Figs. 136, 137).—The glabella is broadest behind.
The facial suture starts at or near the genal angle—sometimes on the
posterior border just inside the angle, sometimes on the lateral border
just in front of the angle; the suture may be continuous with the other
suture in front of the glabella, or may cut the anterior margin, beneath
which it is connected with the other suture by means of a transverse
suture (Fig. 137, B, D). The eyes are rather small. The thorax consists
of thirteen segments with grooved pleurae; the pygidium of from six to
fourteen segments. Ordovician to Devonian. Genera: _Calymene_,
_Synhomalonotus_, _Homalonotus_.
[Illustration:
FIG. 150.—=A=, _Harpes ungula_, Sternb., Ordovician. =B=,
_Ellipsocephalus hoffi_, Scloth., Cambrian. =C=, _Olenus truncatus_,
Brünn., Cambrian. (After Angelin.) =D=, _Remopleurides radians_,
Barr., Ordovician. =E=, _Conocoryphe sulzeri_, Barr., Cambrian. =F=,
_Illaenus dalmanni_, Volb., Ordovician. =G=, _Proëtus bohemicus_,
Corda, Silurian, × 1½. =H=, _Aeglina prisca_, Barr., Ordovician, ×
3. =I=, _Phacops sternbergi_, Barr., Devonian. (=A=, =D=, =E=, =G=,
=H=, =I=, after Barrande; =B=, =F=, from Zittel; natural size except
=G=, =H=.)
]
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