Biology:Planiscutellum

Short description: Genus of trilobites

Planiscutellum Temporal range: Silurian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Planiscutellum planum from Loděnice (Beroun District), Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Corynexochida
Family:	Styginidae
Genus:	Planiscutellum Richter 1956
Synonyms
Protoscutellum Snajdr 1960

Planiscutellum is a genus of trilobites in the order Corynexochida family Styginidae. These trilobites were nektobenthic detritivore. They lived in the Silurian period in the upper Ludlow epoch, from 422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 million years ago.

Distribution

Silurian of Canada (Quebec, Yukon), the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom; Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (Québec)

References

• Biolib
• Paleobiology Database
• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita

Wikidata ☰ Q7201302 entry