Bellacartwrightia is a relatively uncommon genus of phacopid trilobite, found in the mid-Devonian Hamilton Group of New York state, mainly in strata exposed near Lake Erie just west of Buffalo. This trilobite is usually about 1.5" to 2" long. A very similar trilobite from the Devonian of Morocco is still sold as Metacanthina, but considerable research is still being done on Moroccan trilobites.
| Bellacartwrightia Temporal range:
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| Bellacartwrightia calliteles, 18 mm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Family: | †Acastidae |
| Genus: | †Bellacartwrightia Lieberman & Kloc, 1997[1] |
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References edit
- ^ Lieberman, B.S.; Kloc, G.J. (1997). "Evolutionary and biogeographical patterns in the Asteropyginae (Trilobita, Devonian) Delo, 1935". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 232. hdl:2246/1623. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- Brett, Carleton, et al., Trilobites of New York. Rochester: Rochester University Press, 2003.
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