Svalbardites

Svalbardites is an extinct genus of trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.

Svalbardites
Temporal range: Arenig[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Family:
?Olenidae
Subfamily:
?Pelturinae
Genus:
Svalbardites

Fortey 1974 [2]

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. Fortey, R.A., "The Ordovician Trilobites of Spitsbergen"


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