Biology:Paraptychopyge

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites

Paraptychopyge
Temporal range: Late Arenig
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Asaphidae
Genus: Paraptychopyge
Balashova, 1964

Paraptychopyge is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] 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. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-12. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7135787 entry