Loxonepea

Loxonepea
Temporal range: Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Ptychopariida
Family: †Nepeidae
Genus: †Loxonepea
Opik, 1970

Loxonepea is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period, which lasted from approximately 539 to 485 million years ago.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ↑ "†Loxonepea Opik 1970". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.