Arthricocephalus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Corynexochida |
Family: | † Oryctocephalidae |
Genus: | † Arthricocephalus Bergeron, 1899 |
Arthricocephalus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, [1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.