Balcoracania
Sign in to saveBalcoracania dailyi is a small (typically about ) trilobite of the family Emuellidae. Its fossils have been found in south Australia and Antarctica.
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Balcoracania dailyi is a small (typically about ) trilobite of the family Emuellidae. Its fossils have been found in south Australia and Antarctica.
==Etymology== The genus name is derived from Balcoracana Creek in the Flinders Ranges, one of the sites where fossils of Balcoracania were collected. The species epithet dailyi is in honor of Dr. B. Daily, of the Geology Department, University of Adelaide.
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