| Archegonus Temporal range: Middle Devonian-Carboniferous | |
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| A fossil of Archegonus nehdenensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | † Artiopoda |
| Class: | † Trilobita |
| Order: | † Proetida |
| Family: | † Phillipsiidae |
| Subfamily: | † Archegoninae |
| Genus: | † Archegonus Burmeister, 1843 |
Archegonus is a genus of proetid trilobite that was endemic from the Middle Devonian period to the Carboniferous period in Europe and Southern China. [2]