Kingdom Animalia Order Corynexochida Phylum Arthropoda | Class Trilobita Family Styginidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Bojoscutellum, Styginidae, Scutellum, Aulacopleura, Kolihapeltis | ||
Planiscutellum is a genus of trilobites in the order Corynexochida family Styginidae. These trilobites were nektobenthic detritivore. They lived in the Silurian period in the upper Ludlow age, from 422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 million years ago.
Distribution
Silurian of Canada (Quebec, Yukon), the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom; Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (Québec)
References
Planiscutellum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA