Paladin Temporal range:
Carboniferous –
Permian,
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Artist's reconstruction of Paladin morrowensis. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Proetida |
Family: | † Proetidae |
Genus: | †
Paladin Weller, 1936 [1] |
Paladin is a genus of trilobite which lived 354–259 Ma, during the Late Paleozoic era; more specifically, during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It was widespread: fossils have been discovered in what are now East Asia, Europe and North America. [2] [3] [4]
The genus was erected in 1936 by J. M. Weller. [1] The name derives from the paladins, the semi-legendary twelve foremost knights of Emperor Charlemagne (748–814).
Paladin was a fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder; that is, it scavenged at the bottom of shallow marine or brackish waters.
Approximately fifty species have been assigned to the genus; [5] the following are accepted: [2]
Paladin Temporal range:
Carboniferous –
Permian,
| |
---|---|
Artist's reconstruction of Paladin morrowensis. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Proetida |
Family: | † Proetidae |
Genus: | †
Paladin Weller, 1936 [1] |
Paladin is a genus of trilobite which lived 354–259 Ma, during the Late Paleozoic era; more specifically, during the Carboniferous and Permian periods. It was widespread: fossils have been discovered in what are now East Asia, Europe and North America. [2] [3] [4]
The genus was erected in 1936 by J. M. Weller. [1] The name derives from the paladins, the semi-legendary twelve foremost knights of Emperor Charlemagne (748–814).
Paladin was a fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder; that is, it scavenged at the bottom of shallow marine or brackish waters.
Approximately fifty species have been assigned to the genus; [5] the following are accepted: [2]