Bumastus ioxus
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Illaenidae
Genus: Bumastus (Murchison, 1839)
Species: Bumastus ious (Hall, 1868)
Two poorly preserved specimens of the cephalon with the smaller specimen of only the glabella.
Specifications
| Object name | Bumastus ioxus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0018 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita |
| Composition | Shale |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Late Silurian to Silurian Age: Wenlock |
| Numeric age | 420 Mya |
| Origin | Rochester, New York, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | Yes |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Raymond, P. E. (1916). New and old Silurian trilobites from south-eastern Wisconsin, with notes on the genera of the Illaenidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Havard College, 60, 1-41.