Penarosa
| Penarosa Temporal range: Cambrian[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Ptychopariida |
| Suborder: | Ptychopariina |
| Superfamily: | Ptychoparioidea |
| Family: | Nepeidae |
| Genus: | Penarosa |
Penarosa is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Middle Cambrian (Ptychagnostus atavus Zone to Ptychagnostus punctuosus Zone),[1] approximately 505 to 500 million years ago.
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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