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Cryptolithus

Extinct genus of trilobites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cryptolithus
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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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