Furcalithus
Extinct genus of trilobites
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Furcalithus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.[1]
| Furcalithus Temporal range: Early Arenig | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Trinucleidae |
| Genus: | †Furcalithus Fortey & Owens, 1987 |
