Biology:Bellacartwrightia

Bellacartwrightia Temporal range: Middle Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bellacartwrightia calliteles, 18 mm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Phacopida
Family:	†Acastidae
Genus:	†Bellacartwrightia Lieberman & Kloc, 1997
Species
B. phyllocaudata B. jennyae Lieberman & Kloc, 1997 (type) Lieberman & Kloc, 1997 Lieberman & Kloc, 1997 B. pleione B. calliteles (Hall, 1861) = Dalmania pleione, Dalmanites pleione, Greenops pleione B. calderonae (Green 1837) = Cryphaeus calliteles Lieberman & Kloc, 1997 B. whiteleyi

Bellacartwrightia is a relatively uncommon genus of phacopid trilobite, found in the mid-Devonian Hamilton Group of New York state, mainly in strata exposed near Lake Erie just west of Buffalo. This trilobite is usually about 1.5" to 2" long. A very similar trilobite from the Devonian of Morocco is still sold as Metacanthina, but considerable research is still being done on Moroccan trilobites.

References

• Brett, Carleton, et al., Trilobites of New York. Rochester: Rochester University Press, 2003.

Wikidata ☰ Q4883396 entry