Planiscutellum

Planiscutellum
Temporal range: Silurian
Planiscutellum planum from Loděnice (Beroun District), Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Styginidae
Genus: Planiscutellum
Richter 1956
Synonyms
  • Protoscutellum Snajdr 1960

Planiscutellum is a genus of trilobites in the order Corynexochida family Styginidae. These trilobites were nektobenthic detritivore. They lived in the Silurian period in the upper Ludlow age, from 422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 million years ago.


Distribution

Silurian of Canada (Quebec, Yukon), the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom; Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (Québec)

References

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