Coronocephalus

Coronocephalus is an extinct genus of trilobites in the Phacopid family Encrinuridae. Species are from the Silurian of Australia and Japan, and from the Silurian and Ordovician of China.[1][2]

Coronocephalus
Temporal range: 443.7–426.2 Ma
Coronocephalus gauluoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Coronocephalus

Grabau, 1924
Species

Several, including:

  • Coronocephalus elegans Xia
  • Coronocephalus gauluoensis
Synonyms
  • Coronocephalina
  • Senticucullus
Fossil of Coronocephalus - picture taken at Museo di Arsago Seprio, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

See also

References

  1. Zong, Rui-Wen; Liu, Qi; Wei, Fan; Gong, Yi-Ming (July 2017). "Fentou Biota: A Llandovery (Silurian) Shallow-Water Exceptionally Preserved Biota from Wuhan, Central China". The Journal of Geology. 125 (4): 469–478. doi:10.1086/692331. ISSN 0022-1376.
  2. Stocker, Christopher P.; Siveter, Derek J.; Lane, Philip D.; Williams, Mark; Oji, Tatsuo; Wallis, Simon R.; Tanaka, Gengo; Komatsu, Toshifumi; Siveter, David J.; Vandenbroucke, Thijs R. A. (March 2019). "The paleobiogeographical significance of the Silurian and Devonian trilobites of Japan". Island Arc. 28 (2): e12287. doi:10.1111/iar.12287. hdl:1854/LU-8610848.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.