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Scutellum (trilobite)

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Genus of trilobites

Scutellum
Fossils of Scutellum species from the Atlas Mountains
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Styginidae
Genus: Scutellum
Pusch, 1833
Synonyms 
  • Brontes Goldfuss, 1839
  • Bronteus Goldfuss, 1843
  • Goldfussia Bronn, 1848
  • Goldfussius Barrande, 1852
  • Goldius de Koninck, 1841

Scutellum was a genus of trilobite in the family Styginidae. They lived during the Devonian Period and are most often found in the Atlas Mountain area of Morocco.

References

  1. ^ Peter A. Jell & Jonathan M. Adrain (2002). "Available generic names for trilobites" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 48 (2): 331–553.
Taxon identifiers
Scutellum


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