''Cryphaeoides'' is a genus of
trilobite
Trilobites (; meaning "three lobes") are extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. Trilobites form one of the earliest-known groups of arthropods. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the At ...
s in the order
Phacopida, that existed during the lower
Devonian
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in what is now
Bolivia
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. It was described by Delo in 1935, and the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
is ''Cryphaeoides rostratus'', which originally described under the genus ''
Cryphaeus'' by Kozlowski in 1923. It was described from the Sicasica Formation in
Patacamaya
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.
Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
References
External links
''Cryphaeoides''
at the Paleobiology Database
The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.
History
The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Pale ...
Devonian trilobites of South America
Calmoniidae
Phacopida genera
Fossil taxa described in 1935
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