# Prospectatrix

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Tremadocian}}
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| taxon = Prospectatrix
| authority = [Fortey](/source/Richard_Fortey), [1981](/source/1981_in_paleontology)
| type_species = ''Cyclopyge genatenta''<ref>{{cite journal|last= Fortey|first= R.A.|authorlink = Richard Fortey|year= 1981|title= Prospectatrix genatenta (Stubblefield) and the trilobite superfamily Cyclopygacea|journal= Geological Magazine|volume= 118|issue= 6|pages= 603–614|doi=10.1017/s0016756800033835|bibcode= 1981GeoM..118..603F|s2cid= 128824463}}</ref>
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*  ''P. genatenta'' <small>([Stubblefield](/source/Cyril_James_Stubblefield), 1927)</small> 
*  ''P. exquisita'' <small>Zhou, McNamara, Yuan & Zhang,1994</small><ref>{{cite journal|last1= Zhou|first1= Z.|last2= McNamara|first2= K.J.|last3= Yuan|first3= W.|last4= Zhang|first4= T.|year= 1994|title= Cyclopygid trilobites from the Ordovician of northeastern Tarim, Xinjiang, northwest China|journal= Records of the Western Australian Museum|volume= 16|issue= 4| pages= 593–622|url= http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/CYCLOPYGID%20TRILOBITES%20FROM%20THE%20ORDOVICIAN%20OF%20NORTHEASTERN%20TARIM,%20XINJIANG,%20NORTHWEST%20CHINA.pdf|accessdate= 16 June 2013}}</ref>
* ''P. superciliata'' <small>(Dean, 1973)</small> 
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'''''Prospectatrix''''' is a genus of [trilobite](/source/trilobite)s of average size, that lived in the Lower [Ordovician](/source/Ordovician) and is probably ancestral to the other genera of the [Cyclopygidae](/source/Cyclopygidae) family. Its eyes are only moderately enlarged and it has six or seven thorax segments.

== Etymology ==
''Prospectatrix'' is derived from the Latin, meaning “early observer”, expressing that this genus was an early representative of the extremely well-sighted cyclopygids.  The species epithet is derived from the Latin ''exquisita'', meaning excellent, refers to the well preserved type specimens.

== Distribution ==
*  ''P. genatenta'' occurs in the Lower Ordovician of the United Kingdom (Upper Tremadocian, ''Shumardia (Conophrys) salopiensis'' Zone, Shineton Shale, Shineton, Shropshire; ''Bergamia rushtoni'' biozone, Pontyfeni Formation, Whitland, Carmarthen District, Wales), Argentina (Tremadoc, Portezuelo de La Alumbrera Creek, Famatina Range, Upper Volcancito Formation, La Rioja).<ref>{{cite web|title= Paleobiological Database|url= https://paleodb.org/?a=displayCollResults&taxon_no=20878&max_interval=Ordovician&country=Argentina&is_real_user=1&basic=yes&type=view&match_subgenera=1|access-date= 16 June 2013}}</ref> 
*  ''P. exquisita'' has been found in the Lower Ordovician of northwest China (''Dichelepyge sinensis'' Zone, upper Torsuqtagh Group northeastern Tarim, Xinjiang).
* ''P. brevior'' is known from the Lower Ordovician of the United Kingdom (Tremadocian, Skiddaw Group fauna, Lake District). 
* ''P. superciliata'' (synonym ''Pricyclopyge superciliata'')<ref>{{cite journal|last= Dean|first= W.T.|year= 1973|title= The Lower Paleozoic stratigraphy and faunas of the Taurus Mountains near Beyşehir, Turkey. III. The trilobites of the Sobova Formation (Lower Ordovician)|journal= Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology|volume= 24|pages= 281–348|url= http://biostor.org/reference/118675|accessdate= 16 June 2013}}</ref> from the Lower Ordovician of Turkey.

== References ==
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Category:Cyclopygidae
Category:Asaphida genera
Category:Ordovician trilobites
Category:Ordovician trilobites of Europe
Category:Nektonic trilobites

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