Feilongshania
Feilongshania Temporal range: Late Botomian[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Order: | Corynexochida |
Suborder: | Corynexochina |
Family: | Oryctocephalidae |
Genus: | Feilongshania |
Feilongshania is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage,[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period. Its name means "[animal] of/from Flying Dragon Mountain".
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on September 5, 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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