Sycophantia
| Sycophantia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Clade: | †Artiopoda | 
| Class: | †Trilobita | 
| Order: | †Phacopida | 
| Family: | †Cheiruridae | 
| Genus: | † Fortey, 1980 | 
Sycophantia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.