Encrinurus
{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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{{Taxobox
| name = Encrinurus
| fossil_range = Mid Ordovician-Early Devonian
~{{fossil_range|472|412.3}}
| image = Encrinurus egani from Wisconsin.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil of E. egani from the Racine Dolomite
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Trilobita
| ordo = Phacopida
| familia = Encrinuridae
| genus=Encrinurus
| genus_authority= Emmrich 1844
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}
Encrinurus is a long-lived genus of phacopid trilobites that lived in what are now Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 472 to 412.3 mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|472-412.3|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21560 PaleoBiology Database: Encrinurus, basic info]
Taxonomy
Encrinurus was named by Emmrich in 1844.H. F. Emmrich. 1844. Zur Naturgeschichte der Trilobiten Jell and Adrain (2003) list it as a currently valid genus name within the Phacopida, specifically within the Encrinuridae.P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain. 2003. Available generic names for trilobites. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2):331-553
References
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Further reading
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
- Trilobites by Riccardo Levi-Setti
- Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution by E.N.K. Clarkson
- Trilobites: Common Trilobites of North America (A NatureGuide book) by Jasper Burns
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Category:Ordovician trilobites
Category:Trilobites of Oceania
Category:Trilobites of North America
Category:Ordovician trilobites of South America
Category:Middle Ordovician first appearances
Category:Early Devonian genus extinctions
Category:Paleozoic life of Ontario
Category:Paleozoic life of British Columbia
Category:Paleozoic life of Manitoba
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Category:Paleozoic life of Nunavut
Category:Paleozoic life of Quebec
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1844
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