Chengkouia

Chengkouia
Temporal range: Botomian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Ptychopariida
Family: †Chengkouiidae
Genus: †Chengkouia
Lu, Chang et al., 1974

Chengkouia is an extinct genus of trilobites. It lived in what is now China, during the Botomian stage,[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago, in the Cambrian Period.

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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