Emuella

Emuella
Temporal range: 517 Ma
late Botomian
Emuella polymera  of the Emuella genus; Lower Cambrian Emu Shale, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
(courtesy of Dave Simpson)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Redlichiida
Family: Emuellidae
Genus: Emuella
Pocock, 1970
Species
  • Emuella polymera Pocock, 1970[1]
  • Emuella dalgarnoi Pocock, 1970[1]

Emuella is a genus of Cambrian trilobites of the family Emuellidae. Its fossils have been found in South Australia.

  1. ^ a b Paterson, J.R.; Edgecombe, G.D. (2006). "The Early Cambrian Trilobite Family Emuellidae Pocock, 1970: Systematic Position and Revision of Australian Species". Journal of Paleontology. 80 (3): 496–513. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2006)80[496:TECTFE]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360. S2CID 84868780.