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Genus of trilobites

Dienstina
Temporal range: Upper Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Phacopidae
Genus: Dienstina
Richter & Richter, 1931
Species
  • D. diensti (Richter & Richter, 1923) (type) synonym Phacopidella diensti

Dienstina is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the lower Devonian in what is now Germany. It was described by Richter and Richter in 1931, and the type species is Dienstina diensti, which the authors had originally assigned to the genus Phacopidella in 1923. The type locality was in Oberscheld, Rhenish Massif.

References

  1. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
  2. Moore, R.C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. 1–560. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.

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Taxon identifiers
Dienstina


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