Cirquella
Cirquella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Atdabanian stage, in the former continent Laurentia.
Description
Only the thin and lightly calcified headshields of Cirquella have ever been found. It is very flat, almost oval in outline, the length about 85% of the width. The central area of the cephalon is moderately tapered forward. The furrows dividing the glabella are only weakly developed. The back of the eye ridge is opposite the first lobe of the glabella in front of the band at the back of the glabella. In Cirquella espinata there is no genal spine but a slight angularity of margin opposite first lobe in front of the occipital ring. In Cirquella nummularia the rim of the cephalon is entirely rounded.Distribution
C. nummularia is known from the earliest half of the Lower Nevadella Zone, in the Dogtooth Mountains, British Columbia, Canada, and in Nevada.C. espinata lived at the same time in the Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains.
C. nelsoni is reported from the Fallotaspis-''Judomia Faunule, Fallotaspis'' Biozone, Campito Formation, Inyo-White Mountains, Eastern California.