Champlainia

Champlainia
Temporal range: Cambrian[1]
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Genus: Champlainia

Champlainia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period[1], which lasted from approximately 542 to 488 million years ago.

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-12.