Loxonepea

Loxonepea; Temporal range: Cambrian[1]
Conservation status
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Ptychopariida
Superfamily:	Ptychoparioidea
Family:	Nepeidae
Genus:	Loxonepea; Opik, 1970

Loxonepea is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites.[1][2] It lived during the Cambrian Period,[1] which lasted from approximately 542 to 488 million years ago.

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
"†Loxonepea Opik 1970". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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[Sepkoski-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.

[2] "†Loxonepea Opik 1970". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 8 May 2016.