Svalbardites
| Svalbardites Temporal range: Arenig[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Ptychopariida |
| Family: | ?Olenidae |
| Subfamily: | ?Pelturinae |
| Genus: | Svalbardites Fortey 1974 [2] |
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.
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ↑ Fortey, R.A., "The Ordovician Trilobites of Spitsbergen"
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