Illaenus Temporal range:
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Illaenus tauricornis from Russia. On display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Corynexochida |
Family: | † Illaenidae |
Genus: | †
Illaenus Dalman, 1827 |
Illaenus is a genus of trilobites from Russia and Morocco, from the middle Ordovician.
Species included in this genus can reach a length of about 57 millimetres (2.2 in). They are without glabella and without articulation of the tail. The cephalon has a high profile and recurved genal spines. Eyes are distant from the axis of the head, situated nearer to the edge. [1] [2]
This genus includes about 50 species: [3]
Illaenus Temporal range:
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Illaenus tauricornis from Russia. On display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Corynexochida |
Family: | † Illaenidae |
Genus: | †
Illaenus Dalman, 1827 |
Illaenus is a genus of trilobites from Russia and Morocco, from the middle Ordovician.
Species included in this genus can reach a length of about 57 millimetres (2.2 in). They are without glabella and without articulation of the tail. The cephalon has a high profile and recurved genal spines. Eyes are distant from the axis of the head, situated nearer to the edge. [1] [2]
This genus includes about 50 species: [3]