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Dipleura dekayi Green, 1832

Dipleura dekayi
Dipleura dekayi

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Homalonotidae
Genus: Dipleura
Species: Dipleura dekayi Green, 1832

Information

Geological Range

Middle Devonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

New York

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Hamilton Group

References

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Description

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Remarks

From Wilson (2014, p. 203): “Elongate, tongue-shaped trilobite, with nearly straight lateral margins. Cephalon broadly subtriangular, nearly twice as wide as long. Pygidium also subtriangular, with length and width subequal. Surface marked by large pores. This is one of our largest trilobites.” Maximum size 100 mm.

Online Resources

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Media

Images

Dipleura dekayi PRI103995
Dipleura dekayi PRI103995
Dipleura dekayi PRI103999
Dipleura dekayi PRI103999
Dipleura dekayi PRI104080
Dipleura dekayi pri104080
Dipleura Dekayi PRI109566
Dipleura Dekayi PRI109566
Diplura dekayi PRI104039
Diplura dekayi PRI104039

3D Models

Trilobite: Dipleura dekayi (PRI 50318)
Trilobite: Dipleura dekayi (PRI 68155)

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