Illaenus
Genus of trilobites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Illaenus is a genus of trilobites from Russia and Morocco, from the middle Ordovician.
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Illaenus tauricornis from Russia. On display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Corynexochida |
Family: | †Illaenidae |
Genus: | †Illaenus Dalman, 1827 |
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Species included in this genus can reach a length of about 57 millimetres (2.2 in). They are without glabella and without articulation of the tail. The cephalon has a high profile and recurved genal spines. Eyes are distant from the axis of the head, situated nearer to the edge.[1][2]