Cryptolithus
Appearance
Cryptolithus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Trinucleidae |
Genus: | †Cryptolithus Green, 1832 |
Species | |
Cryptolithus is a genus of extinct trinucleid trilobites that lived during the Ordovician period. They were mostly blind.[1] They are found in the United States, Canada, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic, Morocco and Turkey.[2]
References
- ^ Stigall, A.L. "Cryptolithus". Atlas of Ordovician Life.
- ^ "†Cryptolithus Green 1832 (trilobite)". fossilworks. Retrieved 19 October 2019.