Paradoxides davidis
UNB-2016-0050Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Arthropoda » Trilobita
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Paradoxididae
Genus: Paradoxides (Brongniart, 1822)
Species: Paradoxides davidis (Salter, 1863)
Large cephalon with rounded glabella. Anterior portion of the thorax is preserved with one visible pleura.
Specifications
| Object name | Paradoxides davidis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2016-0050 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita |
| Composition | Shale |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Middle Cambrian to Cambrian Epoch: Menevian |
| Numeric age | 507 Mya |
| Origin | Kelligrew Brook, Newfoundland, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | Yes |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Salter, J. W. (1864). On some new fossils from the Lingula-flags of Wales. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 20(1-2), 233-241.