Illaenus crassicauda is a species of trilobites belonging to the family Illaenidae. These trilobites lived in the middle Ordovician and in the Silurian age (443 - 418 million years ago). Fossils of this species have been found in the sediments of Sweden and Russia.[1][2]
Illaenus crassicauda Temporal range:
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Fossil of Illaenus crassicauda from Sweden, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Corynexochida |
Family: | †Illaenidae |
Genus: | †Illaenus |
Species: | †I. crassicauda
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Binomial name | |
†Illaenus crassicauda Wahlenberg 1826
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Etymology
editThe Latin species name crassicauda means "fat-tailed", with reference to the shape of the pygidium.
Description
editIllaenus crassicauda can reach a length of about 14 centimetres (5.5 in). These trilobites are without glabella and without articulation of the tail. The cephalon has a high profile. The large bulbous head are distant from the axis of the head, close to the margin.[3]
References
edit- ^ Paleobiology Database
- ^ Europeana. Archived 2014-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Archive.org
- V. Jaanusson Zur Fauna und zur Korrelation der Kalksteine mit Illaenus crassicauda (sog. Flagkalk) im Siljan-Gebiet Dalarnas Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar - Volume 69, Issue 1, 1947
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