Fragiscutum

Fragiscutum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus: Fragiscutum
Whittington & Campbell, 1967

Fragiscutum is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the Silurian in what is now the United States. It was described by Whittington and Campbell in 1967, and the type species is Fragiscutum rhytium. The type locality was the Hardwood Mountain Formation in Maine.[1]

References

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

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