Batocara
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Genus: | Batocara Strusz, 1980
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Batocara is a genus of phacopid trilobite in the family Encrinuridae. The type species, B. bowningi, was described originally as Encrinurus bowningi by Foerste in 1888.[2] In 1980, D.L. Strusz erected Batocara for 'Encrinurus' bowningi. Batocara also contains the species B. borenorense[3] and B. fritillum.
References
- ^ A Giant New Trimerellide Brachiopod from the Wenlock (Early Silurian) of New South Wales, Australia D.L. Strusz, I.G. Percival, A.J. Wright, J.W. Pickett and A. Byrnes.
- ^ Encrinuridae Similar Trilobite Families Description Silurian Species from Eastern Australia at EurekaMag.com.
- ^ Effaced Styginid Trilobites from the Silurian of New South Wales D.J. Holloway and P.D. Lane.
External links
- Batocara at the Paleobiology Database