Vidria
| Vidria Temporal range: Middle Permian | |
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| reconstruction of adult and juvenile | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Proetida |
| Family: | Phillipsiidae |
| Genus: | Vidria Weller, 1944 |
| Binomial name | |
| Vidria vespa Weller, 1944[1] | |
Vidria vespa is a proetid trilobite belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. The fossils are found in Middle Permian-aged marine strata of Western Texas. It is unique among Permian-aged trilobites in having a posterior spine emanating from the pygidium of the adult (two such posterior spines are present in immature individuals).[1]
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