Taebaeksaukia
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Taebaeksaukia spinata is a species of trilobite
in the family Dikelocephalidae
, which existed in what is now Korea
during the upper Furongian period. It was described in 2011, and is the only species in the genus Taebaeksaukia.
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 family Dikelocephalidae
Dikelocephalidae
Dikelocephalidae is a family of trilobites, containing the following genera:*Berkeia*Blandicephalus*Briscoia*Camaraspoides*Dikelocephalus*Elkia*Goumenzia*Hoytaspis*Iranella*Kasachstanaspis*Monocheilus...
, which existed in what is now Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
during the upper Furongian period. It was described in 2011, and is the only species in the genus Taebaeksaukia.