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Esmeraldina

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Extinct genus of trilobites
Esmeraldina
Temporal range: Late Atdabanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Suborder: Olenellina
Superfamily: Olenelloidea
Family: Holmiidae
Genus: Esmeraldina
Resser & Howell, 1938
Species
  • E. elliptica Hollingsworth, 2006
  • E. rowei Walcott, 1910
Synonyms
  • Grandinasus elliptica Hollingsworth, 2006

Esmeraldina is an extinct genus of holmiid trilobites. It lived during the late Atdabanian stage, which lasted from 530 to 524 million years ago during the early part of the Cambrian Period.

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
Taxon identifiers
Esmeraldina


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