Birmanites is a genus of trilobites in the order Asaphida, family Asaphidae. They lived in the Ordovician period, from the Tremadocian age until the Lower Ashgillian age (488.3-449.5 million years ago). These arthropods were a low-level epifauna, fast-moving and detritivore. Distribution Ordovician of Canada, China, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom; Llandeilo of China; Arenigian of Argentina, China. List Birmanites yunnanensis (China) References Birmanites at Biolib Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Trilobita Paleobiology Database Asaphidae Asaphida genera Prehistoric life of Europe Silurian trilobites Cambrian trilobites Ordovician trilobites of Asia Cambrian first appearances Silurian extinctions Ordovician trilobites of Europe Fossils of the Czech Republic Letná Formation Ordovician trilobites of South America Fossils of Argentina Tremadocian Floian Dapingian Darriwilian Sandbian Paleozoic life of Quebec