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Oculeus

Oculeus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period, which lasted from approximately 539 to 485 million years ago.

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Oculeus
Temporal range: Cambrian1
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Remopleurididae
Genus: †Oculeus
Poletaeva & Romanenko, 1970

Oculeus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period,1 which lasted from approximately 539 to 485 million years ago.2

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  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. "Stratigraphic Chart 2022" (PDF). International Stratigraphic Commission. February 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.