Bolbochasmops
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Bolbochasmops is a genus of trilobite
in the order Phacopida
, which existed in what is now Estonia
. It was described by McNamara in 1980, and the type species is Bolbochasmops emarginata, which was originally described as Chasmops bucculenta, and later as Phacops bucculenta by Schmidt in 1881.
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 order Phacopida
Phacopida
Phacopida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related suborders....
, which existed in what is now Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It was described by McNamara in 1980, and the type species is Bolbochasmops emarginata, which was originally described as Chasmops bucculenta, and later as Phacops bucculenta by Schmidt in 1881.
External links
- Bolbochasmops 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...