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Encrinuridae
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Early DevonianScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita Order: Phacopida Family: Encrinuridae
Angelin, 1854Encrinuridae is a family of trilobite within the order Phacopida that lived in what would be Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 479 to 412.3 million years ago, existing for approximately 66.7 million years.[1]
Contents
Taxonomy
Encrinuridae was named by Angelin (1854). It was assigned to Phacopida by Edgecombe (1994).[2] It contains the following genera:[3]
- Aegrotocatellus
- Alwynulus
- Atractocybeloides
- Atractopyge
- Avalanchurus
- Balizoma
- Batocara
- Bevanopsis
- Billevittia
- Brianurus
- Celtencrinurus
- Coronaspis
- Coronocephalus
- Cromus
- Curriella
- Cybele
- Cybeloides
- Cybelurus
- Dayongia
- Deacybele
- Dindymene
- Distyrax
- Dnestrovites
- Elsarella
- Encrinuroides
- Encrinurus
- Eodindymene
- Erratencrinurus
- Fragiscutum
- Frammia
- Frencrinuroides
- Johntempleia
- Kailia
- Koksorenus
- Langgonia
- Lasaguaditas
- Libertella
- Lyrapyge
- Mackenziurus
- Mitchellaspis
- Nucleurus
- Oedicybele
- Paracybeloides
- Paraencrinurus
- Parakailia
- Perirehaedulus
- Perryus
- Physemataspis
- Plasiaspis
- Prophysemataspis
- Prostrix
- Rielaspis
- Rongxiella
- Sinocybele
- Staurocephalus
- Stiktocybele
- Struszia
- Tewonia
- Walencrinuroides
- Wallacia
Fossil distribution
Fossils were found in strata dating from the Arenig to Lochkovian ages. Locations were varied and stretched from Florentine Valley, Tasmania to Xinjiang Province, China to Will County, Illinois.
Sources
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Encrinuridae, basic info
- ^ G. D. Edgecombe. 1994. New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 68(4):824-837
- ^ S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". http://www.trilobites.info/ordphacopida.htm. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
- Trilobites by Riccardo Levi-Setti
- Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution by E.N.K. Clarkson
- Trilobites: Common Trilobites of North America (A NatureGuide book) by Jasper Burns
External links
- Encrinurus in the Paleobiology Database
Categories:- Phacopida
- Ordovician trilobites
- Silurian animals
- Devonian animals
- Prehistoric animals of Africa
- Prehistoric animals of Asia
- Prehistoric animals of Australia
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric animals of North America
- Prehistoric animals of South America
- Trilobite stubs
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