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Ectillaenus
Genus of trilobites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ectillaenus is a genus of trilobites in the order Corynexochida.
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Fossil of Ectillaenus advena from Pléchâtel, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Corynexochida |
Family: | †Illaenidae |
Genus: | †Ectillaenus Salter 1867 |
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These nektobenthic carnivores lived in the Ordovician period, from 478.6 to 449.5 Ma.[1]