Distyrax

Distyrax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus: Distyrax
Lane, 1988

Distyrax is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the lower Silurian in what is now Greenland. It was described by Lane in 1988, and the type species is Distyrax peeli. It also contains the species, Distyrax cooperi. The type locality was the Odins Fjord Formation.[1]

References

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

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