Cordania
Extinct genus of trilobites
| Cordania Temporal range: Early-Mid Devonian ~416–392 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Proetida |
| Family: | Brachymetopidae |
| Genus: | Cordania Clarke 1892 |
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Cordania is an extinct genus of trilobites that lived from the Early to Middle Devonian.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of Cordania have been found in Australia,[citation needed] China,[citation needed] Morocco and the United States (Oklahoma).[1] Also in the Emsian-Givetian Floresta Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, fossils of Cordania have been found.[2]
References
- ^ a b Cordania at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Morzadec et al., 2015, p.342
Bibliography
- Morzadec, Pierre; Mergl, Michal; Villarroel, Carlos; Janvier, Philippe; Racheboeuf, Patrick R. (2015), "Trilobites and inarticulate brachiopods from the Devonian Floresta Formation of Colombia: a review" (PDF), Bulletin of Geosciences, 90: 331–358, doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1515, retrieved 2017-04-04
External links
- Photo of C. wessmani
- Photos of C. falcata
- Trilobite info
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