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Cryptolithus
Extinct genus of trilobites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cryptolithus is a genus of extinct epifaunal, suspension-feeding, trinucleid trilobites that lived during the Ordovician period.[2] They were mostly blind.[3] They are found in the United States, Canada, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic, Morocco and Turkey.[4]
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Species
Valid species of Cryptolithus include:[5]
- Cryptolithus bellulus (Ulrich, 1879)
- Cryptolithus carimatus
- Cryptolithus fittsi (Ulrich & Whittington)
- Cryptolithus goldfussi (Barrande)
- Cryptolithus inopinatus (Whittard)
- Cryptolithus intertetus (Whittard)
- Cryptolithus lorerainensis (Ruedemann)
- Cryptolithus lorettensis (Foerste, 1924)
- Cryptolithus ornatus (Sternberg)
- Cryptolithus portlockii
- Cryptolithus portlockii girvanensis
- Cryptolithus quadrillatus
- Cryptolithus recurvus (Ulrich, 1919)
- Cryptolithus tessellatus (Green, 1832)
- Cryptolithus ultimus (Barrande)
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References
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