Limniphacos

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Limniphacos perspicullum
Temporal range: Late Atdabanian, 524–522 Ma
Scientific classification
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Superfamily:
Fallotaspoidea
Family:
Nevadiidae
Genus:
Limniphacos

Blaker & Peel, 1997
Species:
L. perspicullum
Binomial name
Limniphacos perspicullum
Blaker & Peel, 1997

Limniphacos is a genus of trilobites, a well known group of marine arthropods. The genus so far contains one species, L. perspicullum.[1]

Limniphacos is derived from the Greek words limne (lake) and phakos (lens of the eye).[1]

Distribution

Earliest portion of the upper part of the Buen Formation, Brillesø, North of the Jørgen Brønlund Fjord, Southern Peary Land, Greenland.[1]

Ecology

Limniphacos perspiculum occurs together with Mesolenellus hyperborea, Serrodiscus, hyoliths, Petrianna fulmenta (Bradoriida), and inarticulate brachiopods.[1]

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