Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.
Birmanites Temporal range:
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B. ingens from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) | |
Scientific classification | |
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
editOrdovician 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