Biology:Birmanites

Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites

Birmanites Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Silurian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
B. ingens from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Asaphida
Family:	†Asaphidae
Genus:	†Birmanites Sheng, 1934
Synonyms
Opsimasaphus Kielan 1960

Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.

They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Tremadocian age until the Lower Ashgillian age (488.3-449.5 million years ago). These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.

Distribution

Ordovician of Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom; Llandeilo of China; Arenigian of Argentina, China.

List

• Birmanites yunnanensis (China)

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q4916563 entry