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Meniscopsia

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Meniscopsia
Temporal range: Mid Cambrian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Ptychopariida
Family: †incertae sedis
Genus: †Meniscopsia
Species:
†M. beebi
Binomial name
†Meniscopsia beebi
Robison & Babcock 2011

Meniscopsia is a genus of trilobite known from mid-Cambrian Lagerstätten of the western United States. The sediment-filled guts and the digestive glands of some specimens are preserved, indicating a predatory habit.[1]

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