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Odontopleura
Extinct genus of trilobites From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Odontopleura is a genus of spinose odontopleurid trilobite in the family Odontopleuridae, and is the type genus of that family and of Odontopleurida. The various species are found in Upper Ordovician to Middle Devonian marine strata throughout the world. The best studied fossils are of the type species, O. ovata, from the Wenlock-aged Liteň Formation in Loděnice, in Bohemia, Czech Republic, and, southeastern Gotland, of Sweden.[3]
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Distribution
Fossils of Odontopleura have been found in:[4]
- Devonian
China, Floresta Formation, Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia[1]
- Silurian
Canada (Northwest Territories, Quebec), China, the Czech Republic, Poland, United States (Iowa, New York)
- Ordovician
United States (Indiana, Ohio, Virginia)
References
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