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  • Dolichoharpes dentoni


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    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Trilobita
    Order: Harpetida
    Family: Harpetidae
    Genus: Dolichoharpes
    Species: Dolichoharpes dentoni
    Author Citation Billings, 1863

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Ordovician
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Katian

    Stratigraphy

    Kirkfield (Bobcaygeon) Formation
    3a Shale

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Location

    Ontario
    Canada

    Comments

    One of the rarer trilobites from the classic Lake Simcoe quarries of Ontario. This specimen was found in the same shale layer in which I found a large marrellomorph - soon to be published in the Journal of Paleontology.

     

    Reference:

    "SYSTEMATICS AND PALEOECOLOGY OF UPPER ORDOVICIANT RILOBITES FROM THE SELKIRK MEMBER OF THE RED RIVER FORMATION, SOUTHERN MANITOBA" (Westrop & Ludvigsen, 1983)




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