Meitanella
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| Meitanella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Redlichiida |
| Family: | †Yinitidae |
| Genus: | †Meitanella Zhang et al., 1980 |
Meitanella is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage,[1] which lasted from approximately 524 million to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.
