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