Perryus
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| Perryus | |
|---|---|
| Perryus severnensis from the Attawapiskat Formation of Ontario; cranidium; holotype of the type species | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Family: | †Encrinuridae |
| Genus: | †Perryus Gass & Mikulic 1982 |
Perryus is a genus of phacopid trilobites that lived in what are now Canada, Greenland, and Siberia from the early Silurian to the middle Silurian from 438 to 430 mya, existing for approximately 8 million years.[1]