Biology:Cordania

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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites


Cordania
Temporal range: Early-Mid Devonian
~416–392 Ma
Scientific classification
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Family:
Brachymetopidae
Genus:
Cordania

Clarke 1892
Species
  • C. buicki (Australia)
  • C. falcata (USA)
  • C. gasepiou (Colombia)
  • C. junggarensis (China)
  • C. transversus (China)
  • C. wessmani (USA)

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cordania at Fossilworks.org
  2. Morzadec et al., 2015, p.342

Bibliography

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5169897 entry