Biology:Merlinia
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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites
| Merlinia Temporal range: Early Arenig
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Asaphidae |
| Genus: | †Merlinia Fortey & Owens, 1987 |
Merlinia 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] These trilobites were named after the Welsh wizard Merlin, as the fossilised tails (pygidia) of trilobites were often mistaken for petrified butterflies, and were hence linked with mythological tales involving Merlin.[2][3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Trilobites". https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/fossils-and-geological-time/trilobites/.
- ↑ "How trilobites conquered prehistoric oceans". https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-trilobites-conquered-prehistoric-oceans.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q11777496 entry
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