Eldredgeops
Eldredgeops | |
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Eldredgeops milleri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Superorder: | Phacopina |
Order: | Phacopida |
Superfamily: | Phacopoidea |
Family: | Phacopidae |
Genus: | Eldredgeops Struve, 1990 |
Species | |
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Eldredgeops was a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Phacopina. They are from the Devonian time period. This genus has recently been created from a single species derived from Phacops (originally named Phacops rana milleri) and can be found in Devonian limestone deposits in Canada, Morocco , United States (Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), and Western Sahara.[1]
Included species
- Eldredgeops crassituberculata
- Eldredgeops milleri
References
- ↑ Struve, W. (1990). Paläozoologie III (1986–1990) (127). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. pp. 251–279. cited in "Eldredgeops". Fossilworks.