Planiscutellum

Planiscutellum
Temporal range:
Planiscutellum planum from Loděnice (Beroun District), Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Corynexochida
Family: †Styginidae
Genus: †
Richter, 1956
Synonyms
  • Protoscutellum Snajdr, 1960

Planiscutellum is a genus of trilobites in the order Corynexochida family Styginidae. These trilobites were nektobenthic detritivore. They lived in the Silurian period in the upper Ludlow epoch, from 422.9 ± 1.5 to 418.7 ± 2.8 million years ago.

Distribution

Silurian of Canada (Quebec, Yukon), the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom; Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (Québec)

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