Helokybe

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Helokybe
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Helokybe
Thomas & Narbonne, 1979
Species
  • Helokybe spio

Helokybe is a genus of trilobite in the family Proetidae that is known from Silurian age sediments of Nunavut Canada and the Holy Cross Mountains in Poland. [1]

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References

  1. Kozlowski W., Tomczykowa, E. (1999). "A new occurrence of benthic fauna in the Niewachlów Greywackes (Upper Silurian) from Zalesie near Łagów in the Holy Cross Mountains". Geological Quarterly. 43 (1): 129–126.