Gyrometopus

Gyrometopus
Temporal range: Floian
Gyrometopus lineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Suborder:
Phacopina
Superfamily:
Dalmanitoidea
Family:
Diaphanometopidae
Genus:
Gyrometopus

Species
  • G. lineatus (Angelin, 1854) = Nileus lineatus, Diaphanometopus lineatus

Gyrometopus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, approximately 479 to 472 million years ago.[1]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.