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Fragiscutum

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trilobita

Family
  
Encrinuridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Phacopida

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Balizoma, Encrinurus, Dalmanites, Flexicalymene, Calymene

Fragiscutum is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the Silurian in what is now the United States. It was described by Whittington and Campbell in 1967, and the type species is Fragiscutum rhytium. The type locality was the Hardwood Mountain Formation in Maine.

References

Fragiscutum Wikipedia