Cryptolithus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Trinucleidae
Genus: †Cryptolithus
Green, 1832[1]

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]

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)

References

  1. ↑ Green, Jacob (1832). "A Monograph of the Trilobites of North America: With Coloured Models of the Species". 1. Joseph Brano: 72–78. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.66801. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "Cryptolithus". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Stigall, A.L. (12 November 2013). "Cryptolithus". Atlas of Ordovician Life.
  4. ↑ "†Cryptolithus Green 1832 (trilobite)". fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. ↑ Museum of Comparative Zoology
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