Balcoracania
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Balcoracania is a genus of trilobite
of the family Emuellidae
. Their fossils are found chiefly in Australia.
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...
of the family Emuellidae
Emuellidae
Emuellidae is the only family of trilobites of the super-family Emuelloidea. Their fossils are found chiefly in Australia, and in fact draw their name from the Emu Bay shales, in Southern Australia, the Lagerstätte at which they were first found. They were first described by Dr. B Daily, of the...
. Their fossils are found chiefly in Australia.