Curriella

Curriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus: Curriella
Lamont, 1978

Curriella is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the lower Silurian in what is now Scotland. It was described by Lamont in 1978, and the type species is Curriella newlandensis; the species epithet was derived from the type location, the Newlands Formation. It also contains the species C. clancyi.[1]

References

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

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