Achatella

Acernaspis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Pterygometopidae
Genus: Achatella
Delo, 1935

Achatella is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Ontario, Canada. It was named by Delo in 1935, and the type species is Achatella achates, which was originally assigned to the genus Dalmanites by Billings in 1860. Achatella also contains the species Achatella billingsi, and Achatella truncatocaudata.[1]

References

  1. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

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