Runcinodiscus
| Runcinodiscus Temporal range: Late Botomian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Agnostida |
| Suborder: | Eodiscina |
| Superfamily: | Eodiscoidea |
| Family: | Weymouthiidae |
| Genus: | Runcinodiscus Rushton, 1976 |
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Runcinodiscus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.[1]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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