Ptychoparia

noun

Pty·​cho·​par·​ia

ˌtīkōˈpa(a)rēə

: a genus of Middle and Upper Cambrian trilobites with small prominent glabella, long narrow thorax, and strongly segmented pygidium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ptych- + Greek pareia cheek

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