Meniscopsia

Meniscopsia; Temporal range: Mid Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Ptychopariida
Family:	†incertae sedis
Genus:	†Meniscopsia
Species:	†M. beebi
Binomial name
	†Meniscopsia beebi; Robison & Babcock 2011

Meniscopsia is a genus of trilobite known from mid-Cambrian Lagerstätten of the western United States. The sediment-filled guts and the digestive glands of some specimens are preserved, indicating a predatory habit.^[1]

References

^ Robison, Richard A. & Loren E. Babcock. (2011). "Systematics, paleobiology, and taphonomy of some exceptionally preserved trilobites from Cambrian Lagerstätten of Utah". Paleontological Contributions. 5: 1–47.

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[1] Robison, Richard A. & Loren E. Babcock. (2011). "Systematics, paleobiology, and taphonomy of some exceptionally preserved trilobites from Cambrian Lagerstätten of Utah". Paleontological Contributions. 5: 1–47.

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