Cyclopites

<i>Cyclopites</i>

Cyclopites

Extinct genus of arthropods

Cyclopites is a genus of aglaspidid arthropods that lived in shallow seas in what is now Wisconsin during Late Cambrian times. It is distinguished from other aglaspidids by the extreme proximity of its eyes. The genus earns its name from this presence of what might appear to be a single, central eye.[2]

Quick Facts Cyclopites Temporal range: Furongian, Scientific classification ...

References

  1. [1]
    Raasch, G.O. (1951) Revision of the Croixan dikelocephalids. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 44: 137-151
  2. [2]
    Hesselbo, S.P. (1992) Aglaspidida (Arthropoda) from the Upper Cambrian of Wisconsin. Journal of Paleontology 66: 885–923
  • Raasch, G. O. (1939). "Cambrian Merostomata". Special Paper of the Geological Society of America. 19: 1–146.


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