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TRILOBITE GENERA AND SPECIES LIST

(for western North America)

 

M to P:

 

 

Macannaia Jell, 1975

        M. maladensis (Resser, 1939b)

Macropyge

        M. gladiator Ross, 1951

Madaraspis

        M. magnifica Fortey and Droser, 1996

Marjumia Walcott, 1916

        M. bagginsi Melzak and Westrop, 1994 [Pika Fm.]

        M. callas Walcott, 1916

        M. cf. M. transversa (Palmer, 1968) [Pika Fm.]

        M. typa Walcott, 1916

        M. sp. (see Melzak and Westrop, 1994) [Pika Fm.]

Maryvillia Walcott, 1916b

        M. arion

        M. sp.

Mcnairia Deiss, 1939 [This genus is a junior synonym of Parehmania Deiss, 1939]

        M. inornata Deiss, 1939 [Montana]

Menomonia Walcott, 1916a

        M calymenoides 

        M. semele  [=Densonella semele (Walcott, 1916)]

        M. sp.  [=Densonella sp. (Weeks Fm., not yet described)]

        M. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

Menoparia Ross, 1951

        M. genalunata Ross, 1951

Mesonacis Walcott, 1885

        M. eagerensis (Best)

        M. n. sp.

Metabowmania

        M. sp. nov. (Fillmore Fm.)

Meteoraspis Resser, 1935

        M. dis
Mexicaspis Lochman, 1948

        M. cf. difuntosensis Lochman, 1948

        M. radiatus Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979

Mexicella Lochman, 1948

        M. antelopea Sundberg and McCollum, 2000

        M. grandoculus Palmer in Palmer & Halley 1979
        M. granulata Eddy and McCollum, 1998
        M. mexicana Lochman, 1948

        M. obscurus Palmer in Palmer & Halley 1979

        M. robusta Sundberg and McCollum, 2000
        M. stator (Walcott, 1916)

        M. sp. [Dome Limestone, western Utah]

Microryctocara Sundberg & McCollum, 1997

        M. nevadensis Sundberg & McCollum, 1997 [Reported by Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b from the Monola Formation in California & the

        Emigrant Formation, western Nevada]

Modocia Walcott, 1924

        Modocia brevispina Robison, 1964

        [M. hewlisca (from the Weeks)] = "Modocia weeksensis"

        M. hewlisca (type 1) (Weeks Fm.)

        M. hewlisca (type 2) (Weeks Fm.)

        M. hewlisca (type 3) (Weeks Fm.)

        M. laevinucha Robison, 1964

        M. sp. aff. M. laevinucha [Pierson Cove Fm., western Utah]

        M. nuchaspina, Robison, 1964

        M. typicalis (Resser, 1938)

        "M. weeksensis" (Shanan Peters dissertation, 2003, unpubl.) - old name was Modocia hewlisca

        M. sp. [Marjum Fm.]

        M.? sp. [Marjum Fm.]

Minupeltis

        M. conservator Palmer, 1960

Morosa

        M. longispina Palmer, 1960

Mummaspis Fritz, 1992

        M. oblisooculatus Fritz, 1992

        M. sp. cf. M. oblisooculatus Fritz, 1992 [Mural Fm.]

        M. occidens (Walcott, 1913)

Namuropyge

        N. newmexicoensis Brezinski, 2000

        N. sp. A (in Brezinski, 2000)

        N. sp. B (in Brezinski, 2000)

"Nephalicephalus” (Shanan Peters dissertation, 2003, unpubl.)

        N.  “beebei" (Shanan Peters dissertation, 2003, unpubl.)

Nephrolenellus Palmer & Repina, 1993

        N. geniculatus Palmer, 1998
        N. multinodus (Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979)

        ?N. n. sp.

Nevadella Raw, 1936

        N. bacculenta Fritz, 1972 = Nevadia bacculenta (Fritz, 1972)

        N. eucharis (Walcott, 1913)

        N. faceta Fritz, 1972 = Nevadia faceta (Fritz, 1972)

        N. mountjoyi Fritz, 1992 (see also Lieberman, 2001)

        N. perfecta (Walcott, 1913)

        N. sp. (Fallotaspis Biozone, Inyo-White Mts.)

        N. sp. 1 Fritz, 1972 = Nevadia sp. 1 Fritz, 1972

        N. sp. 2 Fritz, 1972 = Nevadia sp. 2 Fritz, 1972

Nevadia Walcott, 1910

        N. addyensis Okulitch, 1951

        N. bacculenta (Fritz, 1972) [formerly Nevadella bacculenta Fritz, 1972]

        N. faceta (Fritz, 1972) [formerly Nevadella faceta Fritz, 1972]

        N. fritzi Lieberman, 2001

        N. gracile (Walcott, 1910) [formerly Wanneria? gracile Walcott, 1910]

        N. ovalis McMenamin, 1987

        N. parvoconica Fritz, 1992

        N. weeksi Walcott, 1910  (type species)

        N. n. sp. (see Fritz, 1992) [Mural Fm.]

        N. sp. (see Fritz, 1992) [Mural Fm.]

        N. sp. 1 (of Fritz, 1972) [formerly Nevadella sp. 1 Fritz, 1972]

        N. sp. 2 (of Fritz, 1972) [formerly Nevadella sp. 2 Fritz, 1972]

        Nevadia sp.  (Campito Fm.)

        Nevadia sp.  (Poleta Fm.)

Nileus Dalman, 1827

        N. hesperaffinis Ross, 1967

        N. svalbardensis

Niobe Angelin, 1851

        N.? sp. Ross, 1951

Norwoodella

        N. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

Norwoodia Walcott, 1916a

        N. bellaspina (Shanan Peters dissertation, 2003, unpubl.)

Nunnaspis

        N. stitti Brezinski, 2000
Nyella Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979

        N. clinolimbata (Fritz, 1968)

        N. columbiana (Fritz, 1968)

        N. granosa (Resser, 1939b) [See Palmer & Halley, 1979, p. 111 for synonymy list]
        N. immoderata Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        N.? plana Sundberg and McCollum, 2003a

        N. rara (Rasetti, 1951)

        N. skapta (Walcott, 1917b)

Ogygopsis Walcott, 1889

        O. batis (Walcott, 1916)

        O. elongata (McLaughlin and Enbysk, 1950) [old name Taxioura elongata McLaughlin and Enbysk, 1950}

        O. klotzi (Rominger, 1889 – or 1887?)
        O. spinulosa Rasetti, 1951

        O. typicalis (Resser, 1939b)

Olenellus Hall, 1861

        O. arcuatis Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979 [Palmer & Repina, 1993 made this species the type species of Arcuolenellus]

        O. argentus Walcott, 1910 [=Esmeraldina argenta Walcott, 1910 (in L. Bohach, unpubl. dissertation)]

        O. brachyomma Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979

        O. chiefensis Palmer, 1998

        O. clarki (Resser, 1928) = O. (Paedeumias) clarki

        O. (Mesonacis) cylindricus (Palmer)

        [O. euryparia Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979] = Bolbolenellus euryparia (Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979)

        O. fowleri Palmer, 1998
O. fremonti Walcott, 1910 = O. (Mesonacis) fremonti
        O. gilberti (Meek, 1874) or is it Meek in White, 1874?

        O. gilberti sensu Best, 1952 = Olenellus schucherti

        O. granulatus (Palmer)
        O. howelli (Meek, 1874) or is it Meek in White, 1874?

        O. sp. cf. O. laxocules Fritz, 1972 [Mural Fm.]

        O. mojavensis (Crickway, 1933) = Bristolia mohavensis (Crickway, 1933)

        O. multinodus Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979 [Palmer & Repina, 1993 made this species the type species of Nephrolenellus]

        O. muralensis Fritz, 1992

        O. nevadensis (Walcott, 1910) = O. (Paedeumias) nevadensis

        O. puertoblancoensis (Lochman, 1952) [Type from the Buelna Formation, Caborca, Mexico and reported from the Gold Ace Limestone Member, Carrara Formation by

                Palmer & Halley (1979) and the top of the Mule Spring Limestone, western Nevada by Sundberg & McCollum (2003b)]

        O. schofeldi Best

        O. schucherti Resser and Howell, 1938

        O. (Paedeumias) cf. transitans (Walcott)

        O. (Paedumias) terminatus Palmer, 1998

        O. terminatus Palmer, 1998

        O. truemani Walcott, 1913

        O. truncatooculatus Fritz, 1992

        "O." cf. turmalis Cowie

        O. sp. [Gold Ace Lmst. Mbr., Carrara Fm.]

        O. new species A (see Mount, 1980) [Latham Shale Fm.]

        O. new species B (see Mount, 1980) [Chambless Limestone Fm.]

        O. new species C (see Mount, 1980) [Cadiz Fm.]

        O. species indeterminate (see Mount, 1980) [Zabriskie Fm.]

        O. sp. (see Fritz, 1992) [Mural Fm.]
        O. sp. [Emigrant Fm.]

        "O." n. sp. 1 [Carrara Fm.]

        "O." n. sp. 2 (cf. robsonensis Burling) [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Olenellus) n. sp. 1 [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Olenellus) n. sp. 2 [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Olenellus) n. sp. 3 [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Mesonacis) n. sp. 1 [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Mesonacis) n. sp. 2 [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Mesonacis) n. sp. 3 [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Paedeumias) n. sp. 1 [Carrara Fm.]

        O. (Paedeumias) n. sp. 2 [Carrara Fm.]

Olenoides Meek, 1877

        O. brighamensis

O. cf. serratus

        O. decorus

        O. evansi Resser, 1939a

        O. expansus

        O. maladensis Resser, 1939b

        O. marjumensis

        O. nevadensis (Meek, 1870)

        O. pugio (Walcott, 1908)

        O. cf. O. pugio (Walcott, 1908) [Pika Fm.]

        O. serratus

        O. steptoensis Fritz, 1968

        O. superbus

        O. tricephalus

        O. trispinus - should be in “quotes” as it is not yet published (or is it?) ?

        O. wasatchensis

        O. sp. [Pierson Cove Fm.]

        O. n. sp. (Marjum (Chisholm?) Fm.)

        O. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

        O. spp. (see Palmer, 1964) [Saline Valley Fm., Harkless Fm.]

        O. n. sp. [Spence Shale]

Olenus?

        O.? granulatus Palmer, 1960

        O.? wilsoni Henningsmoen

Oligometopus

        O. breviceps (Walcott)

Onchocephalites Rasetti, 1957

        O. claytonensis Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b
O. sp. (Sundberg and McCollum, 2003)

        O. laevis Rasetti, 1957

        O. sp. unident.

        O.? sp.

Onchocephalus Walcott, 1917

        O. depressus Rasetti, 1951

        O. fieldensis Rasetti, 1951

        O. maior Rasetti, 1951

        O. thia (Walcott, 1917b)

        O. sp. [Twin Knobs Fm.]

        O.? n. sp. [Spence Shale]

        O. sp. (Bonnia-Olenellus Biozone, Inyo-White Mts.)

Onymagnostus Opik, 1979

        O. hybridus (Brogger, 1878) [Marjum Fm., Utah; Secret Canyon Fm., Nevada]

        O. seminula (Whitehouse, 1939) [Marjum Fm., Utah; Secret Canyon Fm., Nevada]

Oopsites

        O. cf. O. hibernicus

Opipeuter Fortey, 1974

        O. sp. [Reported by Fortey and Droser, 1999 from the Antelope Valley Fm., Nevada]

Oryctocara Walcott, 1908

        O. geikiei Walcott, 1908

Oryctocephalites Resser, 1939b

        O. orientalis Saito, 1934 [Type from Korea, also reported by Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b from the Monola Formation in eastern California & the Emigrant Formation, western Nevada]

        O. palmeri Sundberg and McCollum, 1997 [From the Pioche Shale in eastern Nevada]

        O. rasettii Sundberg and McCollum, 1997 [Reported from the Pioche Shale only from the Highland Range, eastern Nevada]

        O. resseri Rasetti, 1951 [Type from the Mount Whyte Fm. in B.C., also reported by Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b from the Monola Formation in eastern California]

        O. runcinatus Shergold, 1969 [Type from Australia, also reported by Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b from the Emigrant Formation, western Nevada]

        O. typicalis Resser, 1939b

        O. walcotti (Resser 1938) [Type is from the Lakeview Limestone, northern Idaho and from the Spence Shale, southern Idaho & northern Utah]

Oryctocephalus Walcott, 1886

        O. americanus Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b [Type from the Emigrant Formation]

        O. indicus (Reed, 1910) [Type from India, also reported by Sundberg & McCollum, 1997; 2003b from the Monola Formation in eastern California & the Emigrant

                Formation, western Nevada]

        O.? maladensis Resser, 1939b

        O. nyensis Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979

        O. orientalis Saito, 1934 [Asia & western Nevada]

        O. primus Walcott, 1886 [Type from the Pioche Shale, eastern Nevada and reported by Sundberg & McCollum, 1997 from only two localities near the town of Pioche]
        O. sp. unident.

        O. n. sp.

        O. new species (see Mount, 1980) [Latham Shale]

        O. sp. A [Emigrant Fm.]

Orygmaspis

        O. contracta

        O. n. sp. (McKay Group)

Ovatoryctocara?

        O.? sp.
Pachyaspis

        P. deborra Lochman, 1952

        P. longa Fritz, 1968

        P. gallagari Fritz, 1968

        P. typicalis Resser, 1939b

        P. sp. undet.

Pachycranium Ross, 1951

        P. faciclunis Ross, 1951

        P. sp. Ross, 1951

Paedeumias Walcott, 1910

        P. granulatus Palmer, 1964 (or is it granulatus?)

        P. sp. [Eager Fm.]

Paenebeltella Ross, 1951

        P. vultulata Ross, 1951

Pagetia Walcott, 1916

        P. arenosa Fritz, 1968

        P. clytia Walcott, 1916

        P. cf. fossula Resser, 1938

        P. maladensis Fritz, 1968

        P. mucrogena Fritz, 1968

        P. resseri Kobayashi, 1943

        P. rugosa Rasetti, 1966

        P. sp. [Swasey Formation]

        P. sp. [Carrara Fm., Pyramid Shale Mbr.]

        P. n. sp. [Spence Shale]

        P. sp. (Metaline Fm.)

Paladin

        P. sp. [Mount Mark Fm.]

Palmettaspis

        Esmeraldina / Palmettaspis sp. (Campito Fm.)
Panacus Eddy and McCollum, 1998

        P. palmeri Eddy and McCollum, 1998

Paraantagmus Qiu, 1980

        P. latus Yuan & Li, 1999 (Reported in the Emigrant Formation by Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b)

Paracybantyx Ludvigsen & Tripp, 1990

        P. tegartensis Norford, 1994

Parahousia

        P. constricta n. gen., n. sp. Palmer, 1960

Parahystricurus Ross, 1951

        P. carinatus Ross, 1951

        P. fraudator Ross, 1951

        P. oculirotundus Ross, 1951

        P. pustulosus Ross, 1951

        P.? sp. A Ross, 1951

        P.? sp. B Ross, 1951

        P.? sp. C Ross, 1951
Paralbertella Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        P. bosworthi (Walcott, 1908)

        P. eiliotys (Fritz, 1968)

        P. judithi Fritz, (1968)

        P. lata Fritz, (1968)

        P. sp. undet.

Parapoulsenia Rasetti, 1957

        P. lata Rasetti, 1957

Parehmania Deiss, 1939 [Montana]

        P. arcuate Deiss, 1939 [Montana]
        P. concave
Deiss, 1939 [Montana]
        P. princeps
Deiss, 1939 [Montana]
        P.? quadrata
Deiss, 1939 [Montana]
        P. storeyi
Deiss, 1939 [Montana]

        P. sp. (Langston Fm., Spence Tongue)

Parkaspis Rasetti, 1951

        P. drumensis Sundberg, 1994

        P. decamera Rasetti, 1951

        P. endecamera Rasetti, 1951

Peachella Walcott, 1910

        P. brevispina Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        P. iddingsi (Walcott, 1884)
        P. n. sp.

Peraspis Whittington, 1965

        P. erugata Ross, 1967

Periomma Resser, 1937

        P. n. sp. (see Mount, 1980) [Carrara Fm.]

Peronopsis Hawle & Corda, 1847

        P. amplaxis

        P. bidens

        P. bonnerensis (Resser, 1938)

        P. brevispinus (Deiss, 1939) [Montana]

        P. brighamensis (Resser, 1939a)

        P. fallax

        P. gaspensis Rasetti, 1948

        P. intermedius

        P. interstrictus (or interstricta?)

        P. montis (Matthew, 1889)

        P. praecurrens (Westergard 1936)

        P. segmenta

Perrisopyge

        P. triangulata Blaker and Nelson

Phalacroma?

        P.? sp.

Phillipsia

        P. major Shumard

        P. peroccidens Hall and Whitfield

        P. trinucleata Herrick (?= Sevillia trinucleata)

        P.” sp. (probably conspecific with Hesslerides arcentensis Brezinski, 2000) (Kelly Formation)

Phillibole

        P. planucauda (Brezinski, 1998)

Pilekia Barton, 1916

        P.? sp. Ross, 1951

Piltonia

        P. carlakertisae Brezinski, 2000

Pinctus?

          P.? spp. [Dunderberg Fm.]

Piochaspis Levi-Setti, 1993

        P. sellata Levi-Setti, 1993

Piochiella Sundberg and McCollum, 2003a

        P. peasleensis Sundberg and McCollum, 2003a

Plagiura Resser, 1935

        P. cercops (Walcott, 1917)

        P. extensa Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979
        P. minor Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        P. retracta Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        P.? cf. P. retracta Palmer and Halley, 1979 [Pika Fm.]

Platycolpus Raymond, 1931 [Platycolpus RAYMOND, 1913a [preocc. replaced by Rasettia].

        P.? sp. Ross, 1951 [=Rasettia? sp. (Ross, 1951)]

Podowrinella Clarkson et al, 1977

        P. rossi Norford, 1994
Poliella Walcott, 1916b

        P. anteros Walcott, 1916b

        P. caranus

        P. denticulata Rasetti, 1951 [Canada & Nevada]
        P. germana (Resser, 1939)
        P. cf. germana (Resser, 1939b) [Spence Fm.]

        P. leipalox Fritz, 1968

        P. lomataspis Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        P. ovala Sundberg and McCollum, 2003a
        P. prima (Walcott, 1908) [B.C.]

        P. cf. prima (Walcott, 1908) [Pioche Shale, Nevada]

        P. sp. [Dome Limestone]

        P.? sp. [Chisholm Shale]

        P. sp. (Metaline Fm.)

Poliellaites Sundberg and McCollum, 2003a

        P. gloriosa Sundberg and McCollum, 2003a

Polypleuraspis Poulsen, 1927

        P. insignis Rasetti 1951 [B.C.]

Poronileus Fortey, 1975

        P. fistulosis Fortey, 1975

        P. vallancei Fortey, 1975

Prehousia

        P. semicircularis n. gen., n. sp. Palmer, 1960

Presbynileus Hintze, 1954

        P. ibexensis (Hintze, 1953)

Presbynileus (Presbynileus)

        P. (P.) elongatus (formerly Paranileus) [Zone H, Utah]

        P. (P.) ibexensis (formerly Paranileus) [Zone I, Utah]

Proagnostus Butts, 1926

        P. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

Proehmaniella Sundberg, 1994

        P. basilica (Resser, 1945)

        P. eldoradensa Sundberg, 1994

        P? granulosa Sundberg, 1994

        P. sp. [Ute Fm., Utah]

Proetides

        P. sp. (in Brezinski, 2000)

Proetus

        P. bairdi

        P. sp. indet. (Gazelle Fm.)

Prohedinia Lermontova & Chernysheva in Chernysheva, 1950

        P. maladensis (Resser, 1939b)

        P. sp. [Langston Fm., Spence Shale]

        P.? n. sp. [Spence Shale]

Proliostracus Poulsen, 1932

        P. contractus Fritz, 1972

        P. sp. (see Fritz, 1992) [Mural Fm.]

Protocalymene Ross, 1967

        P. mcallisteri ROSS, 1967 Antelope Valley Fm, California

        P. n. sp. A (see Fortey and Droser, 1999) [Antelope Valley Fm.]

Protopliomerella

        P. contracta (Ross, 1951) [formerly Protopliomerops contracta Ross, 1951]

Protopliomerops Kobayashi, 1934

        P. celsaora Ross, 1951

        P. contracta Ross, 1951 [= Protopliomerella contracta]

        P. superciliosa Ross, 1951

Protopresbynileus Hintze, 1954

        P. cf. glaber Fortey, 1975

        P. utahensis

        P. n. sp. [Antelope Valley Fm., Ninemile Fm.]

Psalikilus Ross, 1951

        P. typicum Ross, 1951

        P.? sp. Ross, 1951

Pseudagnostus Jaekel, 1909

        P.? acutus (Kobayashi)

        P. communis (Hall & Whitfield, 1977)

        cf. P. communis Hall and Whitfield, 1877

        P. prolongus (Hall and Whitfield)

        P. sp. 1 of Chatterton & Ludvigsen, 1998

Pseudoalokistocare Sundberg, 1994 is synonymous with Alokistocare (see Sundberg, 1999)

        P. swasii Sundberg, 1994

        P. cf. paranotatum Rasetti, 1951

Pseudoclelandia Ross, 1951

        P. cornupsittaca Ross, 1951

        P. fluxafissura Ross, 1951

        P. lenisora Ross, 1951

Pseudocybele Ross, 1951

        P. altinasuta

        P. lemurei

        P. nasuta Ross, 1951

Pseudohystricurus Ross, 1951

        P. obesus Ross, 1951

        P. rotundus Ross, 1951

        P. sp. Ross, 1951

Pseudomera Holliday, 1942

        P. arachnopyge

        P. cf. barrandei (Billings) [Antelope Valley Limestone, Nevada]

        P. sp. indet. (see Fortey and Droser, 1999) [Antelope Valley Fm.]

Pseudomexicella Sundberg, 1994

        P. hestia Sundberg, 1994

Pseudophalacroma Pokrovskaya, 1958

        P. lundgreni (Tullberg, 1880) [Geddes Fm. & Secret Canyon Shale, Eureka, Nevada]

Pseudosaratogia

        Pseudosaratogia abnormis Palmer, 1960

        Pseudosaratogia leptogranulata Palmer, 1960

Ptarmigania Raymond, 1928

        P. exigua Resser, 1939b

        P. gordonensis Resser,

        P. rossensis (Walcott, 1917) [B.C.]

Ptarmiganoides Rasetti, 1951

        P. araneicauda Fritz, 1968

        P. bowensis Rasetti, 1951 [B.C.]

        P. crassaxis Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        P. hexacantha Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        Ptarmiganoides propinqua (Resser 1939b) (=P. communis)

        P. sp. [Chisholm Shale]

        P.? sp.

Pterocephalia Resser, 1938c

        P. concava Palmer, 1960

        P. elongata Palmer, 1960

        P. norfordi Chatterton & Ludvigsen, 1998

        P. sanctisabae Roemer

        P. n. sp.? (McKay Group)

Ptychagnostus Jaekel, 1909

        P. acidusus Opik, 1979 [Secret Canyon Shale, Eureka, Nevada]

        P. aculeatus (Angelin, 1851) [Lincoln Peak Fm., eastern Nevada]

        P. affinis (Brogger, 1878) [Marjum Fm., Utah; Lincoln Peak Fm., eastern Nevada]

        P. akanthodes Robison, 1964 [Marjum Fm., Utah]

        P. atavus (Tullberg, 1880) [Wheeler Shale, Marjum Fm., Utah]

        P. germanus Opik, 1979 [Wheeler Shale, Marjum Fm., Utah]

        P. gibbus (Linnarsson, 1869) [basal Wheeler Shale, Utah]

        P. hintzei Robison, 1984 [Emigrant Springs & Lincoln Peak Fms., Nevada]

        P. intermedius (Tullberg, 1880) [basal Wheeler Shale, Utah]

        P. michaeli (Marjum Fm.)

        P. occultatus Opik, 1979 [Wheeler Shale, Marjum Fm., Utah]

        P. praecurrens (Westergard, 1936) [Burgess Shale quarry, B.C.]

        P. punctuosus (Angelin, 1851) [Marjum Fm., Utah; Geddes Limestone, Nevada]

        P. seminula (Whitehouse, 1939) [basal Wheeler Shale, Utah]

        P. sp. (Wheeler Formation)

        P. sp. (Weeks Formation)

Ptychaspis

        P. granulusa (Owen)

Ptychoparella Poulsen, 1927 [Blaker & Peel, 1997 synonymized Syspacephalus Resser, 1936; Elrathina Resser, 1937; Eoptychoparia Rasetti, 1955]

        P. antique

        P. candace

        P. convexa

        P. cordillerae (Rominger, 1887) [formerly Elrathina cordillerae (Rominger, 1887)]

        P. crassus (Rasetti, 1951) [=S. crassus Rasetti, 1951]

        P. erecta

        P. fecunda

        P. gregarius Rasetti, 1951 [=S. gregarius Rasetti, 1951)

        P. hybrida

        P. laticeps Rasetti, 1951 [=S. laticeps Rasetti, 1951]

        P. lickensis

        P. longus [= S. longus Palmer in Palmer & Halley 1979]

        P. nodulosa

        P. obscurus  (Palmer in Palmer & Halley 1979 ) [=S. obscurus Palmer in Palmer & Halley 1979] (currently being worked on)

        P. oculineata

        P. offula

        P. pylas

        P. spencei (Resser 1939a) [=S. spencei (Resser 1939a)]

        P. variosus Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b [=S. variosus Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b]

        P. wheeleri
        P. sp. unident.

        P.? sp. (see Palmer, 1964) (Harkless Fm.) [=S.? sp. (see Palmer, 1964)]

Ptyocephalus Whittington, 1948 [Kirkella Kobayashi, 1942 is a junior synonym of Ptyocephalus, fide WHITTINGTON, 1948]

        P. declivita (Ross, 1951) [formerly Kirkella declevita Ross, 1951

        P. vigilans (Pogonip Fm.)

        P. yersini

        P. sp. [Antelope Valley Fm.? & Ninemile Fm.]

        P. sp. Ross, 1951 [formerly Kirkella sp. (Ross, 1951)]

Pudoproetus

        P. fernglenensis (Weller, 1909)

Pyraustocranium Ross, 1951

        P. orbatum Ross, 1951

 

 

 

 

*Note: not all of the species are valid and errors in synonomy will be present. We do our best to keep up to date, but it is difficult to locate all changes. Also, not all of the authors' names are included, and may not be correct with respect to (brackets) for generic name changes. Please excuse any mistakes, as this species list is a meant as a first guide only.

 

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