Bojoscutellum

Bojoscutellum is a genus of trilobites in the order Corynexochida family Styginidae.

Bojoscutellum
Temporal range: Devonian
Bojoscutellum paliferum from Koněprusy, Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Corynexochida
Suborder:
Illaenina
Superfamily:
Illaenoidea
Family:
Styginidae
Genus:
Bojoscutellum

Šnajdr, 1958
Synonyms
  • Holomeris Hawle & Corda, 1847

These trilobites were nektobenthic carnivore. They lived in the Devonian period in the Eifelian age (395 million years ago).

Distribution

Devonian of the Czech Republic and Morocco.

Species
  • Bojoscutellum angusticeps † (Barrande, 1852)
  • Bojoscutellum conspersum † (Prantl, 1949)
  • Bojoscutellum crassicostatum † Šnajdr, 1960
  • Bojoscutellum havliceki † (Vaněk, 1970)
  • Bojoscutellum intermixtus † (Hawle et Corda, 1847)
  • Bojoscutellum ivanense † (Barrande, 1852)
  • Bojoscutellum koneprusiense † Šnajdr, 1960
  • Bojoscutellum meridianum † (Barrois, 1886)
  • Bojoscutellum paliferum † (Beyrich, 1845)
  • Bojoscutellum pseudopaliferum † Šnajdr, 1960
  • Bojoscutellum sieberi † (Hawle et Corda, 1847)
  • Bojoscutellum tjazovae † Maksimova, 1979
  • Bojoscutellum transversum † (Hawle et Corda, 1847)
  • Bojoscutellum uralicum † Maksimova, 1979
  • Schematic Trilobite Bojoscutellum paliferum (Beyrich, 1845). A) cephalon B) hypostome C) pygidium D) width of pygidium

References


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