Malformed agnostids from the Middle Cambrian Jince Formation of the Příbram-Jince Basin, Czech Republic

 

Authors: Fatka O, Szabad M, Budil P

Published in: Bulletin of Geosciences, volume 84, issue 1; pages: 121 - 126; Received 11 November 2008; Accepted in revised form 9 January 2009; Online 23 January 2009

Keywords: agnostids, Middle Cambrian, Jince Formation, Příbram-Jince Basin, Barrandian area, Czech Republic,

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Abstract

Two agnostids from Cambrian of the Barrandian area bear different types of skeletal malformations. The tiny pathological exoskeleton of Hypagnostus parvifrons (Linnarsson, 1869) has asymmetrically developed pygidial axis, while the posterior pygidial rim in the larger Phalagnostus prantli Šnajdr, 1957 has an irregular outline.

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