Paradoxides gracilis

Paradoxides gracilis
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian [1]
Fossil of Paradoxides gracilis on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Paradoxididae
Genus: Paradoxides
Species: P. gracilis
Binomial name
Paradoxides gracilis
(Boeck, 1827)
Synonyms
  • Paradoxides bohemicus (Boeck, 1828) [2]
  • Paradoxides latus Hawle & Corda, 1847
  • Paradoxides tessini Barrande, 1846
  • Trilobites bohemicus Boeck, 1827
  • Trilobites desideratus Barrande, 1846

Paradoxides gracilis is a species of trilobite of the Paradoxidae family. [3][4]

These quite large ammonites could reach an average size of about 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in). They lived during the Middle Cambrian period. Fossils of this species have been found in the Cambrian sediments of Czech Republic and Germany. [5]

References

  1. ↑ The Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ Biolib
  3. ↑ Taxonomicon
  4. ↑ Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard University
  5. ↑ Gwannon


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