Birmanites
| Birmanites Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Silurian | |
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| Birmanites ingens from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Asaphida |
| Family: | Asaphidae |
| Genus: | Birmanites Sheng 1934 |
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Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.
They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Tremadocian age until the Lower Ashgillian age (488.3-449.5 million years ago). These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.
Distribution
Ordovician of Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom; Llandeilo of China; Arenigian of Argentina, China.
References
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