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

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