Curriella

Curriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Family:
Encrinuridae
Genus:
Curriella

Lamont, 1978

Curriella is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, that existed during the lower Silurian in what is now Scotland. It was described by Lamont in 1978, and the type species is Curriella newlandensis; the species epithet was derived from the type location, the Newlands Formation. It also contains the species C. clancyi.[1]

References

  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.


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