Ceratolithus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Artiopoda
Class:Trilobita
Order:Asaphida
Ceratolithus
Temporal range: Arenig
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Genus: Ceratolithus
Lu, 1959
Species
  • C. cornutus Lu, 1959 (type)

Ceratolithus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.

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