Loxonepea

Loxonepea; Temporal range: Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Ptychopariida
Family:	† Nepeidae
Genus:	† Loxonepea ; Opik, 1970

Last updated December 25, 2025

Loxonepea is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites.^[1]^[2] It lived during the Cambrian Period,^[1] which lasted from approximately 539 to 485 million years ago.

References

1 2 3 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
↑ "†Loxonepea Opik 1970". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[Sepkoski-1] 1 2 3 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.

[2] "†Loxonepea Opik 1970". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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