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Damghanampyx

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Extinct genus of trilobites

Damghanampyx
Temporal range: 485.4–470.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Damghanampyx from the Lashkark Formation of Damghan, Iran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Raphiophoridae
Genus: †Damghanampyx
Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007
Species: †D. ginteri
Binomial name
†Damghanampyx ginteri
Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007

Damghanampyx is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Raphiophoridae. It has been reported from the Ordovician period of Iran. The name Damghanampix is taken from the city of Damghan in Semnan province of Iran.

Description

Damghanampix had a simple cephalon and a large and prominent glabella, which distinguished itself from all trilobites.

References

  1. Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran". Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN 0016-6995.
  2. Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran". Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN 0016-6995.
Taxon identifiers
Damghanampyx


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