Bevanopsis
Encyclopedia
Bevanopsis is a genus of trilobite
in the order Phacopida
, which existed in what is now Virginia
, U.S.A
. It was described by Cooper in 1953, and the type species is Bevanopsis ulrichi.
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 Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, U.S.A
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was described by Cooper in 1953, and the type species is Bevanopsis ulrichi.
External links
- Bevanopsis 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...