''Frammia'' 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 middle and upper

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in what is now the

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regions of

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and

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. It was described by Holtedahl in 1914, and the

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is ''Frammia dissimilis''. That species was subsequently considered to be a synonym of ''Frammia arctica'' (Salter, 1852). The genus also contains the species, ''F. bachae'' Adrain & Edgecombe, 1997, ''F. hyperborea'' (Thomas, 1979), and ''F. rossica'' (Maksimova, 1970). The type locality is the Douro Formation of Cornwallis Island in

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, Canadian Arctic.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain. Frammia arctica

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''Frammia''
at the

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Encrinuridae genera Fossil taxa described in 1914 Silurian trilobites of North America Fossils of Canada Paleontology in Nunavut Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories Silurian Canada {{Phacopida-stub pl:Frammia