Damghanampyx
| 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: | † 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
Damghanampix had a simple cephalon and a large and prominent glabella, which distinguished itself from all trilobites.[2]
References
- ^ 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.