Anchiopella
Encyclopedia
Anchiopella is a genus of trilobite
in the order Phacopida
, which existed in what is now South Africa
. It was described by Reed in 1907, and the type species is Anchiopella cristagalli, which was originally described as Encrinurus cristagalli by Woodward in 1873.
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
in the order Phacopida
Phacopida
Phacopida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related suborders....
, which existed in what is now South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It was described by Reed in 1907, and the type species is Anchiopella cristagalli, which was originally described as Encrinurus cristagalli by Woodward in 1873.
External links
- Anchiopella at the Paleobiology DatabasePaleobiology Database' is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.-History:The Paleobiology Database was founded in 2000. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Australian Research Council...