Archegonus is a genus of proetid trilobite that was endemic from the Middle Devonian period to the Carboniferous period in Europe and Southern China.[2]

Archegonus
Temporal range: 388.1–326.4 Ma[1] Middle Devonian-Carboniferous
A fossil of Archegonus nehdenensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Archegonus
Burmeister, 1843

Species

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  • A. aequalis
  • A. antecedens
  • A. aprathensis
  • A. artaios
  • A. aspinosus
  • A. barriensis
  • A. brevispina
  • A. cantabricus
  • A. cauliquercus
  • A. conicus
  • A. crameri
  • A. culmicus
  • A. felmensis
  • A. glabratesta
  • A. longisuta
  • A. merensis
  • A. micropthalmus
  • A. nehdenensis Hahn & Hahn, 1969
  • A. semiplanus
  • A. tevergensis
  • A. truyolsi
  • A. winterbergensis Hahn 1965[3]

References

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  1. ^ "†Archegonus Burmeister 1843 (trilobite)". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ "Archegonus". Mindat. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Archegonus". Mindat. Retrieved 6 December 2023.