Areia is a genus of cheirurid phacopid trilobite which existed during the Ordovician in what is now the Czech Republic. It was described by Barrande in 1872, and the type and only species is Areia bohemica.[1]

Areia bohemica
Temporal range: 466.0–445.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Cheiruridae
Genus: Areia
Barrande, 1872
Species:
A. bohemica
Binomial name
Areia bohemica
Barrande, 1868

References

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  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
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