Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.
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| B. ingens from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Asaphidae |
| Genus: | †Birmanites Sheng, 1934 |
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They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Tremadocian age until the Lower Ashgillian age (488.3-449.5 million years ago). These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.
Distribution edit
Ordovician of Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom; Llandeilo of China; Arenigian of Argentina, China.
List edit
- Birmanites yunnanensis (China)
References edit
- Birmanites at Biolib
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita
- Paleobiology Database
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