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Damghanampyx

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Damghanampyx
Temporal range: 485.4–470.0 Ma
Damghanampyx from the Lashkark Formation of Damghan, Iran
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Family: Raphiophoridae
Genus: Damghanampyx
Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007
Species:
D. ginteri
Binomial name
Damghanampyx ginteri
Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007

Damghanampyx is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Raphiophoridae. It has been reported from the Ordovician period of Iran. The generic name Damghanampix is a compound crassis word taking the city of Damghan in Semnan province of Iran as a prefix to Ampyx.[1]

Description

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Damghanampix had a simple cephalon and a large and prominent glabella, which distinguished itself from all trilobites.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran". Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN 0016-6995.
  2. ^ Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran". Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN 0016-6995.