Tasmanocephalus

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Tasmanocephalus
Temporal range: Early Arenig [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade:† Artiopoda
Class:† Trilobita
Order:† Ptychopariida
Genus:† Tasmanocephalus
Kobayashi 1936

Tasmanocephalus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, [1] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago. Fossils of the genus have been reported from the Karmberg and Caroline Creek Formations of Tasmania, Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.


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