Metacryphaeus

Metacryphaeus is an extinct genus of trilobites from the family Calmoniidae. Metacryphaeus fossils have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, South Africa and Uruguay.[1] The genus was named in 1907.[2]

Metacryphaeus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian, 391.9–383.7 Ma Eifelian - Givetian
Metacryphaeus caffer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
†Trilobita
Order:
†Phacopida
Suborder:
†Phacopina
Superfamily:
†Acastoidea
Family:
†Calmoniidae
Genus:
†Metacryphaeus

Reed, 1907

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Metacryphaeus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. F. R. C. Reed. 1907. A new species of Lichas. Geological Magazine 54:396-400


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