''Redlichia takooensis'' is a species of redlichiid

trilobite Trilobites (; meaning "three-lobed entities") are extinction, extinct marine arthropods that form the class (biology), class Trilobita. One of the earliest groups of arthropods to appear in the fossil record, trilobites were among the most succ ...

from the lower

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-aged Emu Shale of

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* * * * * Redlichioidea Cambrian trilobites Fossil taxa described in 1950 Emu Bay Shale {{Redlichiida-stub