Meniscopsia
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| Meniscopsia beebi Temporal range: Mid Cambrian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Ptychopariida |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Meniscopsia |
| Species: | † M. beebi |
| Binomial name | |
| Meniscopsia beebi Robison & Babcock 2011 | |
Meniscopsia is a genus of trilobite known from mid-Cambrian Lagerstätten of the western United States. The sediment-filled guts and the digestive glands of some specimens are preserved, indicating a predatory habit.[1]
References
- ↑ Robison, Richard A., and Loren E. Babcock. (2011). "Systematics, paleobiology, and taphonomy of some exceptionally preserved trilobites from Cambrian Lagerstätten of Utah". Paleontological Contributions 5:1–47,.
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