Aegrotocatellus

Genus of trilobites

Aegrotocatellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Family:
Encrinuridae
Genus:
Aegrotocatellus

Adrain & Edgecombe, 1995
Type species
Aegrotocatellus jaggeri
Adrain & Edgecome, 1995

Aegrotocatellus is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now Nunavut, Canada. It was named by Adrain and Edgecombe in 1995, and the type species is Aegrotocatellus jaggeri,[1] a species named after British musician Mick Jagger.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ P. A. Jell & J. M. Adrain (2002). "Available generic names for trilobites" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 48 (2): 331–553.
  2. ^ "My true love gave to me … a bat species!". CBS News. December 9, 2008.
  3. ^ Mark Isaak (November 29, 2009). "Etymology: Named after People". Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature.

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