Bathydiscus
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Bathydiscus Fossil range: Botomian[1] |
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Bathydiscus is an extinct genus from a well known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Botomian stage[1], which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.