''Bojoscutellum'' is a genus of
trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...
s in the order
Corynexochida
Corynexochida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Lower Cambrian to the Late Devonian. Like many of the other trilobite orders, Corynexochida contains many species with widespread characteristics.
The middle region of the cephalon (the ...
family
Styginidae
''Styginidae'' is a family of trilobite in the order Corynexochida. Fossils of the various genera are found in marine strata throughout the world, aged from Ordovician up until the family's extinction during the Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is ...
.
These trilobites were nektobenthic carnivore. They lived in the
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...
period in the
Eifelian
The Eifelian is the first of two faunal stages in the Middle Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 393.3 ± 1.2 million years ago to 387.7 ± 0.8 million years ago. It was preceded by the Emsian Stage and followed by the Givetian Stage.
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age (395 million years ago).
Distribution
Devonian of the Czech Republic and Morocco.
Species
* ''Bojoscutellum angusticeps'' † (Barrande, 1852)
* ''Bojoscutellum conspersum'' † (Prantl, 1949)
* ''Bojoscutellum crassicostatum'' † Šnajdr, 1960
* ''Bojoscutellum havliceki'' † (Vaněk, 1970)
* ''Bojoscutellum intermixtus'' † (Hawle et Corda, 1847)
* ''Bojoscutellum ivanense'' † (Barrande, 1852)
* ''Bojoscutellum koneprusiense'' † Šnajdr, 1960
* ''Bojoscutellum meridianum'' † (Barrois, 1886)
* ''Bojoscutellum paliferum'' † (Beyrich, 1845)
* ''Bojoscutellum pseudopaliferum'' † Šnajdr, 1960
* ''Bojoscutellum sieberi'' † (Hawle et Corda, 1847)
* ''Bojoscutellum tjazovae'' † Maksimova, 1979
* ''Bojoscutellum transversum'' † (Hawle et Corda, 1847)
* ''Bojoscutellum uralicum'' † Maksimova, 1979
Gallery
File:Bojoscutellum paliferum.png, Schematic Trilobite Bojoscutellum paliferum (Beyrich, 1845). A) cephalon B) hypostome C) pygidium D) width of pygidium
References
BiolibPaleobiology Database
*Sepkoski, Jac
Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita
Styginidae
Corynexochida genera
Fossils of Morocco
Fossils of the Czech Republic
Devonian trilobites
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