Birmanites
Extinct genus of trilobites
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Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.
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| B. ingens from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Asaphidae |
| Genus: | †Birmanites Sheng, 1934 |
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They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Tremadocian age until the Lower Ashgillian age (488.3-449.5 million years ago). These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.
Distribution
Ordovician of Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom; Llandeilo of China; Arenigian of Argentina, China.
List
- Birmanites yunnanensis (China)
References
- Birmanites at Biolib
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita
- Paleobiology Database Archived 2007-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
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