Metacryphaeus

Metacryphaeus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian, Eifelian - Givetian
Metacryphaeus caffer
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Calmoniidae
Genus:
Reed, 1907

Metacryphaeus is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Calmoniidae. Metacryphaeus fossils have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay.[1] The genus was named in 1907.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Metacryphaeus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ^ F. R. C. Reed. 1907. A new species of Lichas. Geological Magazine 54:396-400