''Hintzeia'' is a genus of
trilobites in the order
Phacopida (family
Pliomeridae
Pliomeridae is a family of phacopide trilobites, containing the following genera:
*'' Anapliomera''
*'' Benedettia''
*'' Canningella''
*'' Colobinion''
*'' Coplacoparia''
*'' Cybelopsis''
*'' Ectenonotus''
*'' Encrinurella''
*'' Evropeites''
...
), that existed during the lower
Ordovician in what is now the
United States. It was described by Harrington in 1957, and the
type species is ''Hintzeia aemula'' (type specimen: 26434 (AMNH)), which was originally described under the genus ''
Protopliomerops'' by Hintze in 1953. Harrington also moved two other ''Protopliomerops'' species, ''P. celsaora'' and ''P. firmimarginis'', under ''Hintzeia''. The
generic name is derived from that of the type species' author. The
type locality was the
Fillmore Formation in
Utah.
Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
Species
* ''Hintzeia aemula'' (Hintze, 1953)
* ''Hintzeia celsaora'' (Ross, 1951)
* ''Hintzeia firmimarginis'' (Hintze, 1952)
References
External links
''Hintzeia''
at the Paleobiology Database
Pliomeridae
Phacopida genera
Fossil taxa described in 1957
Ordovician trilobites
Fossils of the United States
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