Xystridura

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Artiopoda
Class:Trilobita
Order:Redlichiida
Xystridura
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Xystridura templetonensis (Chapman, 1929). Middle Cambrian (early Templetonian), Beetle Creek Formation, Beetle Creek, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. Length of exoskeleton = 28 mm (sag.)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Xystriduridae
Genus: Xystridura
Whitehouse, 1936[1]
Synonyms
  • Milesia Chapman, 1929 (non Latreille, 1804)
  • Inosacotes Öpik, 1975
  • Polydinotes Öpik, 1975,

Xystridura is a genus of redlichiid trilobite described originally from the Middle Cambrian (Miaolingian) strata of Queensland, Australia. The genus ranges upwards from Ordian into Florian Stages in terms of Australian Cambrian stratigraphic nomenclature.

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