| Acanthopyge Temporal range: 416–359 Ma Devonian |
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| Acanthopyge sp., Devonian, Morocco | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Lichida |
| Family: | Lichidae |
| Genus: | Acanthopyge Hawle & Corda, 1847 |
| Species | |
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A. consanguinea |
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Acanthopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite that lived during the Devonian. Only a handful of complete specimens from Morocco and very few A. Consanguinea (Devonian, Oklahoma) have been found [1] [2], thus making Acanthopyge from Morocco a widely faked trilobite.[1]
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