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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: †Trilobitomorpha
Classis: †Trilobita
Ordo: †Phacopida
Subordo: †Phacopina
Superfamilia: Phacopoidea
Familia: Pterygometopidae
Genus: Estoniops

Estoniops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Estonia. It was described by Mannil in 1958, and the type species is Estoniops exilis, which was originally described under the genus Acaste by Eichwald in 1858. Its generic name is derived from the country in which it was first discovered.[1]
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Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

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