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Metacryphaeus

Metacryphaeus is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Calmoniidae. Metacryphaeus fossils have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay. The genus was named in 1907.

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Metacryphaeus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian, Eifelian - Givetian
Metacryphaeus caffer
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Phacopida
Family: †Calmoniidae
Genus: †Metacryphaeus
Reed, 1907

Metacryphaeus is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Calmoniidae. Metacryphaeus fossils have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay.1 The genus was named in 1907.2

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  1. "Fossilworks: Metacryphaeus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. F. R. C. Reed. 1907. A new species of Lichas. Geological Magazine 54:396-400