Adelogonus

Adelogonus
Temporal range: Dresbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Odontopleurida
Family: Damesellidae
Genus: Adelogonus

Adelogonus is an extinct genus of damesellid odontopleurid trilobite. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period.[1] Adelogonus pritchardi was found in 2018 by Smith, Patterson, and Brock[2] at the Goyder Formation, Amadeus Basin, Central Australia.[3] Adelogonus solus was discovered in 1967 by Öpik from the O’Hara Shale in the Georgina Basin.[4] Adelogonus hunanensis was discovered by Babcock, Peng, and Lin in 2013 in the Guzhangian Huaqiao Formation in the Hunan Province, South China.[5] And Adelogonus oblongus discovered in 2013 by Lin, Peng, and Yang.[2]

Etymology

Adelogonus pritchardi was named after C.E Prichard for his work on the Goyder formation, he was the one that coined its name.[2]

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ^ a b c "Adelogonus prichardi Smith & Paterson & Brock 2018, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
  3. ^ Smith, Patrick M.; Paterson, John R.; Brock, Glenn A. (2018-03-18). "Trilobites and agnostids from the Goyder Formation (Cambrian Series 3, Guzhangian; Mindyallan), Amadeus Basin, central Australia". Zootaxa. 4396 (1): 1–67. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4396.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29690342.
  4. ^ "The Mindyallan fauna of north-western Queensland / by A. A. Opik - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
  5. ^ "Polymerid Tribolites from the Cambrian of Northwestern Hunan, China, Two-Volume Set - PDF Free Download". epdf.pub. Retrieved 2026-03-13.