Retifacies

Retifacies
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 3, 518 Ma[1]
Fossil of the dorsal carapace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Artiopoda
Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha
Genus: Retifacies
Hou et al. 1989
Species:
R. abnormalis
Binomial name
Retifacies abnormalis
Hou et al. 1989

Retifacies abnormalis is an extinct arthropod that lived in the lower Cambrian (about 518 million years ago). Its fossil remains have been found in the Maotianshan Shales of Yunnan, China. It is a member of the Artiopoda, and closely related to Pygmaclypeatus.

  1. ^ Yang, C.; Li, X.-H.; Zhu, M.; Condon, D. J.; Chen, J. (2018). "Geochronological constraint on the Cambrian Chengjiang biota, South China" (PDF). Journal of the Geological Society. 175 (4): 659–666. Bibcode:2018JGSoc.175..659Y. doi:10.1144/jgs2017-103. ISSN 0016-7649. S2CID 135091168.