Lejopyge laevigata Temporal range:
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Illustration of Lejopyge laevigata[1] | |
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Lejopyge laevigata pygidium | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita (?) |
Order: | †Agnostida |
Family: | †Ptychagnostidae |
Genus: | †Lejopyge |
Species: | †L. laevigata
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Binomial name | |
†Lejopyge laevigata (Dalman, 1828)
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Lejopyge laevigata is a species of agnostid trilobite belonging to the genus Lejopyge. It existed during the Guzhangian to the Paibian Age (around 500.5 to 497 million years ago) of the Cambrian. It has a cosmopolitan distribution and is an important index fossil in biostratigraphy.