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Estoniops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Suborder:
Phacopina
Family:
Pterygometopidae
Genus:
Estoniops

Mannil, 1958
Species
  • Estoniops exilis (Eichwald, 1858) (type) synonym Acaste exilis

Estoniops is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Estonia. It was described by Mannil in 1958, and the type species is Estoniops exilis, which was originally described under the genus Acaste by Eichwald in 1858. Its generic name is derived from the country in which it was first discovered.[1]

References

  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
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