Vidria

Vidria
Temporal range: Guadalupian
Reconstruction of adult and juvenile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Proetida
Family: †Phillipsiidae
Subfamily: †Ditomopyginae
Genus: †Vidria
Weller, 1944

Vidria is a genus of proetid trilobites belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. Vidria vespa fossils are found in Middle Permian-aged marine strata of Western Texas. It is unique among Permian-aged trilobites in having a posterior spine emanating from the pygidium of the adult (two such posterior spines are present in immature individuals).

References

  1. ↑ Weller, J. Marvin. "Permian trilobite genera." Journal of Paleontology (1944): 320-327.