Geraldinella
| Geraldinella Temporal range: Late Atdabanian[1]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Redlichiida |
| Family: | †Archaeaspididae |
| Genus: | †Geraldinella Fritz, 1993[2] |
Geraldinella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the late Atdabanian stage,[1] which lasted from 530 to 524 million years ago during the early part of the Cambrian Period.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 5–560. ISBN 978-0-87710-450-6.
- ^ Fritz, W. H. (1993). "New Lower Cambrian olenelloid trilobite genera Cirquella and Geraldinella from southwestern Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 67 (5): 856–868. doi:10.1017/S0022336000037112.