Damghanampyx
Appearance
Damghanampyx Temporal range:
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Damghanampyx from the Lashkark Formation of Damghan, Iran | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | †Artiopoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Asaphida |
Family: | †Raphiophoridae |
Genus: | †Damghanampyx Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007 |
Species: | †D. ginteri
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Binomial name | |
†Damghanampyx ginteri Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007
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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
[edit]Damghanampix had a simple cephalon and a large and prominent glabella, which distinguished itself from all trilobites.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.