Coronocephalus

Coronocephalus Temporal range: 443.7–426.2  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Coronocephalus gauluoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Phacopida
Family:	† Encrinuridae
Genus:	† Coronocephalus Grabau, 1924
Species
Several, including: †Coronocephalus elegans Xia †Coronocephalus gauluoensis
Synonyms
Coronocephalina Senticucullus

Fossil of Coronocephalus - picture taken at Museo di Arsago Seprio, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

Coronocephalus is an extinct genus of trilobites in the Phacopid family Encrinuridae. Species are from the Silurian of Australia and Japan, and from the Silurian and Ordovician of China. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of trilobite genera

References

1. Zong, Rui-Wen; Liu, Qi; Wei, Fan; Gong, Yi-Ming (July 2017). "Fentou Biota: A Llandovery (Silurian) Shallow-Water Exceptionally Preserved Biota from Wuhan, Central China". The Journal of Geology. 125 (4): 469–478. Bibcode:2017JG....125..469Z. doi:10.1086/692331. ISSN   0022-1376. S2CID   135076529.
2. Stocker, Christopher P.; Siveter, Derek J.; Lane, Philip D.; Williams, Mark; Oji, Tatsuo; Wallis, Simon R.; Tanaka, Gengo; Komatsu, Toshifumi; Siveter, David J.; Vandenbroucke, Thijs R. A. (March 2019). "The paleobiogeographical significance of the Silurian and Devonian trilobites of Japan". Island Arc. 28 (2) e12287. Bibcode:2019IsArc..28E2287S. doi:10.1111/iar.12287. hdl: 1854/LU-8610848 . S2CID   134981872.

External links

• "Coronocephalus". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• "Coronocephalus". Paleobiology Database .
• Coronocephalus at insectoid.info