Geraldinella

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Geraldinella
Temporal range: Late Atdabanian [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Archaeaspididae
Genus: Geraldinella
Fritz, 1993 [2]

Geraldinella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the late Atdabanian stage, [1] which lasted from 530 to 524 million years ago during the early part of the Cambrian Period.

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 5–560. ISBN   978-0-87710-450-6.
  2. Fritz, W. H. (1993). "New Lower Cambrian olenelloid trilobite genera Cirquella and Geraldinella from southwestern Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 67 (5): 856–868. doi:10.1017/S0022336000037112.