Pseudogygites: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
==Links== |
==Links== |
||
http://www.trilobites.info |
http://www.trilobites.info<br />http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca |
||
Revision as of 22:15, 31 May 2007
 | This article needs an appropriate taxobox. |
Introduction
Pseudogygites is an extinct genus of the class trilobita from the middle and upper ordovician.
Dimensions
Pseudogygites can reach 22 mm in length and 32 mm in width.
Description
The pygidium and the cephalon are about equal in size and shape. The glabella is expanded forward, reaching to the anterior margin. Pseudogygites has short genal spines and small compound eyes located in the center of the cephalon with the glabella in between. The pygidium contains faint pleural furrows and no axial rings.
Distribution
Pseudogygites is widespread in North America.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Genus: Pseudogygites
Bibliography
Imformation taken from the Audubon Field Guide To Fossils.