| Symphysurus Temporal range: | |
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| Symphysurus fossil from the Ordovician period, Iran | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | † Artiopoda |
| Class: | † Trilobita |
| Order: | † Asaphida |
| Family: | † Nileidae |
| Genus: | † Symphysurus Goldfuss, 1843 |
Symphysurus is a genus of trilobite of the Asaphida order. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Ordovician period [1] [2]