Palaeolenus
Appearance
Palaeolenus Temporal range: [1]
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A pair of Palaeolenus douvillei, 7mm | |
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Genus: | Palaeolenus[2] Mansuy, 1912
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Megapalaeolenus, Schistocephalus |
Palaeolenus is an extinct genus of ptychopariid trilobites of the family Palaeolenidae. Species lived during the later part of the Botomian stage of the Cambrian Period,[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ^ Lin, Tianrui; Peng, Shanchi (2004). "New material of Palaeolenus (trilobite, Cambrian) from the eastern Yangtze Gorge Area, western Hubei". Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 43 (1): 32–42. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-08.