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Paracoosia

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Paracoosia
Temporal range: Dresbachian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Anomocaridae
Genus: Paracoosia
Kobayashi, 1936
Species
  • P. huayuanensis
  • P. kingi

Paracoosia is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Anomocaridae. The genus lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period.[1]

References

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