Ectillaenus
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| Ectillaenus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Ectillaenus advena from Pléchâtel, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Corynexochida |
| Family: | †Illaenidae |
| Genus: | †Ectillaenus Salter 1867 |
Ectillaenus is a genus of trilobites in the order Corynexochida.
These nektobenthic carnivores lived in the Ordovician period, from 478.6 to 449.5 Ma.[1]
