Deltacephalaspis

Extinct genus of trilobites of the Devonian

Deltacephalaspis
Temporal range: Emsian
~409–392 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Family:
Calmoniidae
Genus:
Deltacephalaspis

Eldredge and Ormiston 1979

Deltacephalaspis is an extinct genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida. It contains four species, D. comis, D. magister, D. retrospina, and D. tumida.[citation needed] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Belén, Icla and Gamoneda Formations of Bolivia and the Gydo Formation of South Africa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Deltacephalaspis at Fossilworks.org
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