Biology:Coosella helena

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Short description: Extinct marine species of trilobite

Coosella helena
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian–Late Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Coosellidae
Genus:
Species:
C. helena
Binomial name
Coosella helena
Lochman 1938

Coosella helena is an extinct marine species of trilobite from the middle to upper Cambrian period.[1] Fossils of this species can be found in North America, specifically, Canada.[1] This specific species of trilobite was discovered by Christina Lochman-Balk on the St. George Peninsula of Newfoundland in 1938.[2]

The Peabody Museum of Natural History holds both the holotype as well as 16 paratype specimens.[3]

Fossil samples can be found in the fossil collection of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, where Lochman-Balk used to teach as an associate professor (1935-1947).

See also

  • Christina Lochman-Balk

References

Wikidata ☰ Q60754098 entry