Lejopyge laevigata

Lejopyge laevigata
Temporal range: Guzhangian–Paibian
↓
Illustration of Lejopyge laevigata[1]
Lejopyge laevigata pygidium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita (?)
Order: †Agnostida
Family: †Ptychagnostidae
Genus: †Lejopyge
Species:
†L. laevigata
Binomial name
†Lejopyge laevigata
(Dalman, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Agnostus laevigatus (Dalman, 1828)
  • Battus laevigatus Dalman, 1828

Lejopyge laevigata is a species of agnostid trilobite belonging to the genus Lejopyge. It existed during the Guzhangian to the Paibian Age (around 500.5 to 497 million years ago) of the Cambrian. It has a cosmopolitan distribution and is an important index fossil in biostratigraphy.

  1. ^ Nils Peter Angelin (1851–1878). Gustaf Lindström (ed.). Palæontologica Scandinavica, Pars I: Crustacea Formationis Transitionis. Holmiæ. pp. 8, pl.6, f.10.