Loxonepea

Loxonepea
Temporal range: Cambrian[1]
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Ptychoparioidea
Family:
Nepeidae
Genus:
Loxonepea

Opik, 1970

Loxonepea is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites.[1][2] It lived during the Cambrian Period,[1] which lasted from approximately 539 to 485 million years ago.

References

  1. ^ a b c Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ^ "†Loxonepea Opik 1970". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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