Encrinurus

Not to be confused with Encrinus.
Encrinurus
Temporal range: middle Ordovician-early Devonian
Fossil of E. egani from the Racine Dolomite
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus: Encrinurus
Emmrich, 1844

Encrinurus is a long-lived genus of phacopid trilobite that lived in what are now Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 472—412.3 mya, existing for approximately 59.7 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Encrinurus was named by Emmrich (1844).[2] Jell and Adrain (2003) list it as a currently valid genus name within the Phacopida, specifically within the Encrinuridae.[3]

Sources

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Encrinurus, basic info
  2. H. F. Emmrich. 1844. Zur Naturgeschichte der Trilobiten
  3. P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain. 2003. Available generic names for trilobites. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2):331-553

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