Phytophilaspis

Phytophilaspis
Temporal range: Lower Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
(unranked): Artiopoda
Subphylum: Trilobitomorpha
(unranked): Xandarellida
Genus: Phytophilaspis
Ivantsov, 1999[1]
Species
  • P. pergamena Ivantsov, 1999
Holotype specimen, scale bar 2cm

Phytophilaspis is a phosphatized[2] genus of trilobite-like arthropod with eyes, found in association with algal remains.[1] It dwelt in well-lit, shallow waters.[3]

  1. ^ a b Ivantsov, A. Yu. (1999). "Trilobite-like arthropod from the Lower Cambrian of the Siberian Platform" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 44 (4): 455–466.
  2. ^ Lin, J. ‐P.; Ivantsov, A. Y. U.; Briggs, D. E. G. (2010). "The cuticle of the enigmatic arthropod Phytophilaspis and biomineralization in Cambrian arthropods". Lethaia. 44 (3): 344. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00245.x.
  3. ^ "Articulated palaeoscolecid sclerite arrays from the Lower Cambrian of eastern Siberia" (PDF). Acta Geologica Polonica. 54 (1): 1–2. 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-11-03.