Birkenia
noun
Bir·ke·nia
bərˈkēnēə
: a genus (the type of the family Birkeniidae of the order Anaspida) of Upper Silurian ostracoderms having no cephalic armor and having the body covered with small scales
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Birkenhead Burn, Lanark county, Scotland + New Latin -ia