Viaphacops claviger


Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Trilobita
Order
Phacopida
Suborder
Phacopina
Superfamily
Phacopoidea
Family
Phacopidae
Binomial Name
Viaphacops claviger
Formation
Wenban Limestone
Locale
Cortez Range, Nevada
Age
Early Devonian
Notes
This is the "other" spiny member of the Phacopidae. This is the only member of that family with long genal spines. There is also an occipital spine, and a short stubby axial spine on every other thoracic segment.

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Viaphacops claviger


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