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Symphysurus

Symphysurus is a genus of trilobite of the Asaphida order. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Ordovician period

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Symphysurus
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Fossil specimen, Baoding Natural History Museum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Nileidae
Genus: †Symphysurus
Goldfuss, 1843

Symphysurus is a genus of trilobite of the Asaphida order. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Ordovician period12

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  1. Kraft, Petr; Bruthansová, Jana; Mikuláš, Radek (2020-01-01). "Feeding traces related to shells from the Prague Basin, Czech Republic (Tremadocian to early Darriwilian, Ordovician)". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 537 109399. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109399. ISSN 0031-0182.
  2. "Symphysurus Goldfuss, 1843". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.