Semicyclocephalus

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Semicyclocephalus
Temporal range: Cambrian [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Family: Plethopeltidae
Genus: Semicyclocephalus
Ivshin, 1952

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

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.