Birmanites

Birmanites; Temporal range: Upper Cambrian–Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	B. ingens from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Asaphida
Family:	†Asaphidae
Genus:	†Birmanites; Sheng, 1934
Synonyms
	Opsimasaphus Kielan 1960;

Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.

They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Tremadocian age until the Lower Ashgillian age (488.3-449.5 million years ago). These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore.

Distribution

Ordovician of Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom; Llandeilo of China; Arenigian of Argentina, China.

References

Birmanites at Biolib
Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita
Paleobiology Database

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