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Bainella

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Bainella
Temporal range: Devonian
~391.9–388.1 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Calmoniidae
Genus: Bainella
Rennie, 1930
Species
  • Bainella africana
  • Bainella baini
  • Bainella cristagalli
Synonyms
  • Paranacaste Popp 1989

Bainella is an extinct genus of Devonian trilobites from off the coast of Gondwana. Fossils were found in the Ponta Grossa Formation of Brazil, Belén, Icla and Gamoneda Formations of Bolivia and the Gydo, Gamka and Voorstehoek Formations of South Africa. It contains three species: B. africana, B. baini, and B. cristagalli.[1]

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