Paradoxides bohemicus

Paradoxides bohemicus
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian [1]
Fossils of Paradoxides bohemicus from Bohemia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Paradoxididae
Genus: Paradoxides
Species: P. bohemicus
Binomial name
Paradoxides bohemicus
(Boeck, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Paradoxides gracilis (Boeck, 1827) [2]
  • Paradoxides latus Hawle & Corda, 1847
  • Paradoxides tessini Barrande, 1846
  • Trilobites bohemicus Boeck, 1827
  • Trilobites desideratus Barrande, 1846

Paradoxides bohemicus is a species of trilobite of the Paradoxidae family.

These quite large ammonites could reach an average size of about 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in). They lived during the Middle Cambrian period. Fossils of this species have been found in the Cambrian sediments of Czech Republic and Germany. [3]

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