Lachnostoma

Lachnostoma
Temporal range: Early Arenig
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Trilobita
Order:Asaphida
Family:Asaphidae
Genus:Lachnostoma
Ross, 1951
Species
  • L. latucelsum

Lachnostoma is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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