Paracoosia

Paracoosia
Temporal range: Dresbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Genus: Paracoosia

Paracoosia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.