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Archegonus

Archegonus is a genus of proetid trilobite that was endemic from the Middle Devonian period to the Carboniferous period in Europe and Southern China.

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Archegonus
A fossil of Archegonus nehdenensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Phillipsiidae
Subfamily: Archegoninae
Genus: Archegonus
Burmeister, 1843

Archegonus is a genus of proetid trilobite that was endemic from the Middle Devonian period to the Carboniferous period in Europe and Southern China.2

Species

  • A. aequalis
  • A. antecedens
  • A. aprathensis
  • A. artaios
  • A. aspinosus
  • A. barriensis
  • A. brevispina
  • A. cantabricus
  • A. cauliquercus
  • A. conicus
  • A. crameri
  • A. culmicus
  • A. felmensis
  • A. glabratesta
  • A. longisuta
  • A. merensis
  • A. micropthalmus
  • A. nehdenensis Hahn & Hahn, 1969
  • A. semiplanus
  • A. tevergensis
  • A. truyolsi
  • A. winterbergensis Hahn 19653
References

References

  1. "†Archegonus Burmeister 1843 (trilobite)". Fossilworks.
  2. "Archegonus". Mindat. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  3. "Archegonus". Mindat. Retrieved 6 December 2023.