Polliaxis

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Polliaxis
Temporal range: Late Botomian [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade:† Artiopoda
Class:† Trilobita
Order:† Corynexochida
Family:† Edelsteinaspididae
Genus:† Polliaxis
Palmer, 1968

Polliaxis is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, [1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.


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