Metacryphaeus

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Metacryphaeus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian, 391.9–383.7  Ma
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Metacryphaeus caffer
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Calmoniidae
Genus: Metacryphaeus
Reed, 1907

Metacryphaeus is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Calmoniidae. Metacryphaeus fossils have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay. [1] The genus was named in 1907. [2]

References

  1. "Fossilworks: Metacryphaeus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. F. R. C. Reed. 1907. A new species of Lichas . Geological Magazine 54:396-400