''Wagnerispina'' is a lower

Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...

proetid

trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...

Etymology

''Wagnerispina'' was described from material found in

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. The specimen shown is from the same location.

Distribution

''Wagnerispina'' is found across

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in lower carboniferous deposits and has been collected for example from

Viséan The Visean, Viséan or Visian is an age in the ICS geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the second stage of the Mississippian, the lower subsystem of the Carboniferous. The Visean lasted from to Ma. It follows the ...

deposits of SW England and the Czech republic.

Taxonomy

Identified as proetid trilobite from the lower Visean (Chadian substage) Coddon Hill formation by Woodward 1902.

References

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Early Visean trilobites

Lower Carboniferous Trilobites from the UK
Carboniferous animals Proetidae Proetida genera Fossil taxa described in 1977 {{proetida-stub