| Vidria Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Phillipsiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Ditomopyginae |
| Genus: | †Vidria Weller, 1944 |
Vidria is a genus of proetid trilobites belonging to the family Phillipsiidae. Vidria vespa fossils are found in Middle Permian-aged marine strata of Western Texas. It is unique among Permian-aged trilobites in having a posterior spine emanating from the pygidium of the adult (two such posterior spines are present in immature individuals).1
References
References
- Weller, J. Marvin. "Permian trilobite genera." Journal of Paleontology (1944): 320-327.
- Proetida fact sheet [1]