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Upper CretaceousArchaeopus
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Genus:      Archaeopus
Ordovician to SilurianCalymene
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Phacopida
Genus:            Calymene
DevonianCornuproetus
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Proetida
Genus:            Cornuproetus
OrdovicianCryptolithus
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Trinucleida
Genus:            Cryptolithus
Upper OrdovicianDiacalymene
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Phacopida
Genus:            Diacalymene
Middle CambrianElrathia
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Ptychopariida
Genus:            Elrathia
Ordovician to PermianEurypterus
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Chelicerata
Genus:      Eurypterus
Ordovician to SilurianFlexicalymene
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Phacopida
Genus:            Flexicalymene
Upper CretaceousLongusorbis
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Genus:      Longusorbis
Lower CambrianOlenellus
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Redlichiida
Genus:            Olenellus
CambrianPeronopsis
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Agnostida
Genus:            Peronopsis
Silurian to DevonianPhacops
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Phacopida
Genus:            Phacops
PleistoceneThalassina
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Crustacea
Genus:      Thalassina
OrdovicianTriarthrus
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Classification
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:   Trilobitomorpha
Class:      Trilobita
Order:         Ptychopariida
Genus:            Triarthrus