Balnibarbi
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Balnibarbi is an extinct genus
olenid ptychopariid trilobite
s. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage
of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage
which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago. The genus is ancestral to, and co-existed with the better-known Cloacaspis
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
olenid ptychopariid trilobite
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
s. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage
Arenig
In geology, the Arenigian refers both to a time interval during the Lower Ordovician period and also to the suite of rocks which were deposited during this interval.-History:...
of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage
Faunal stage
In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition. A given stage of rock and the corresponding age of time will by convention have the same name, and the same boundaries.Rock...
which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago. The genus is ancestral to, and co-existed with the better-known Cloacaspis
Cloacaspis
Cloacaspis is an extinct genus of Olenid Ptychopariid trilobite. It lived during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period, a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago...
.
Etymology
- In Gulliver's Travels, Balnibarbi is a fictional country where "science" is utilized for foolish ends.