Batocara
Encyclopedia
Batocara is a genus of trilobite
in the family Encrinuridae
. It was described by D.L. Strusz in 1980. The type species is Batocara bowningi, which was originally described as Encrinurus
bowningi by Foerste in 1888. It also contains the species Batocara borenorense and Batocara fritillum.
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
in the family Encrinuridae
Encrinuridae
Encrinuridae is a family of trilobite within the order Phacopida that lived in what would be Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from , existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...
. It was described by D.L. Strusz in 1980. The type species is Batocara bowningi, which was originally described as Encrinurus
Encrinurus
Encrinurus is a genus of trilobite that lived in what would be Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 472—412.3 mya, existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...
bowningi by Foerste in 1888. It also contains the species Batocara borenorense and Batocara fritillum.
External links
- Batocara at the Paleobiology DatabasePaleobiology Database' is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.-History:The Paleobiology Database was founded in 2000. It has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Australian Research Council...