Revision of 'Discomesites' and 'Estaingia' (Trilobita) from the Lower Cambrian Cymbric Vale Formation, Western New South Wales: Taxonomic, Biostratigraphic and Biogeographic Implications

• Main Authors: Paterson, John R, School of Environmental and Rural Science, orcid:0000-0003-2947-3912
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Linnean Society of New South Wales 2005
• Subjects: Biogeography and Phylogeography; Palaeontology (incl Palynology); Stratigraphy (incl Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy); Holyoake Range; Shackleton; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5187

The taxonomy of Discomesites and Estaingia from the Lower Cambrian Cymbric Vale Formation of western New South Wales is revised. Discomesites is regarded as a valid subgenus of Pagetides. Pagetides (Discomesites) fragum is considered a senior subjective synonym of P. (D.) lunatulus. Pagetides (Disco...