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Birmanites
Extinct genus of trilobites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae.
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B. ingens from Czech Republic at the National Museum (Prague) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Asaphidae |
Genus: | †Birmanites Sheng, 1934 |
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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.