Perryus
{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Early Silurian-Middle Silurian
~{{fossil_range|438|430}}
| image = Perryus severnensis.jpg
| image_caption = Perryus severnensis from the Attawapiskat Formation of Ontario; cranidium; holotype of the type species
| taxon = Perryus
| authority = Gass & Mikulic 1982
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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Perryus is a genus of phacopid trilobites that lived in what are now Canada, Greenland, and Siberia from the early Silurian to the middle Silurian from 438 to 430 mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|438-430|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21697 Fossilworks: Perryus, basic info]
Taxonomy
Perryus was named by Gass & Mikulic in 1982.{{cite journal|last1=Gass|first1=Kenneth C.|last2=Mikulic|first2=Donald G.| doi=10.1139/e82-047 | title=Observations on the Attawapiskat Formation (Silurian) trilobites of Ontario, with description of a new encrinurine|journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences|volume=19|issue=3|pages=589–596|year=1982|bibcode=1982CaJES..19..589G |url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237172287}} Jell and Adrain list it as a currently valid genus name within the Phacopida, specifically within the Encrinuridae.{{cite journal|last1=Jell|first1=P. A.|last2=Adrain|first2=J. M.|title=Available generic names for trilobites|journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum|volume=49|issue=2|pages=331–551|year=2003|url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268078352}}
Species included
Perryus bartletti Edgecombe & Chatterton, 1992; Perryus globosus (Maksimova, 1962); Perryus mikulici Hughes & Thomas, 2014; Perryus severnensis Gass & Mikulic, 1982 (type species); Perryus palasso (Lane, 1988)
References
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Category:Silurian trilobites of North America
Category:Paleozoic life of Ontario
Category:Silurian trilobites of Asia