Biology:Furcalithus

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites

Furcalithus
Temporal range: Early Arenig
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Arthropoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Artiopoda
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Trilobita
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Asaphida
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Trinucleidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Furcalithus
Fortey & Owens, 1987

Furcalithus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20060905162524/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-12. 

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