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Encrinuridae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Family

Scientific name
  
Encrinuridae

Higher classification
  
Phacopida

Order
  
Phacopida

Encrinuridae

Similar
  
Trilobite, Encrinurus, Cheiruridae, Phacopida, Balizoma

Encrinuridae is a family of trilobite within the order Phacopida that lived in what would be Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 479 to 412.3 million years ago, existing for approximately 66.7 million years.

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Taxonomy

Encrinuridae was named by Angelin (1854). It was assigned to Phacopida by Edgecombe (1994). It contains the following genera:

Fossil distribution

Fossils were found in strata dating from the Arenig to Lochkovian ages. Locations were varied and stretched from Florentine Valley, Tasmania to Xinjiang Province, China to Will County, Illinois.

References

Encrinuridae Wikipedia