Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Some Otarionidae (Trilobita) from the Lower Carboniferous of Europe

Halszka Osmólska

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 12 (2), 1967: 161-173

Three Lower Carboniferous representatives of the family Otarionidae: Coignouina acanthina (Coignou, 1890), Namuropyge discors discors (M'Coy, 1844), N. discors kingi R. & E. Richter, 1939 are here redescribed and figured. Their systematic position and the constitution of the family Otarionidae are discussed. Reconstructions of Coignouina acanthina and Namuropyge discors discors are given.


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