Oenonella

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Oenonella
Fossil range: Late Arenig[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Genus: Australopyge

Oenonella is an extinct genus from a well known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period[1], approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.