Coronura

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Coronura
Temporal range: Mid Devonian
~392–383  Ma
Coronura aspectans (fossil trilobite) (Columbus Limestone, Middle Devonian; Columbus, Ohio, USA) (41174931764).jpg
Coronura aspectans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Dalmanitidae
Genus: Coronura
Hall & Clarke, 1888
Type species
Coronura aspectans
Species
  • Coronura aspectans
  • Coronura lessepsensis

Coronura is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the Middle Devonian in what is now New York, U.S.A. It was described by Hall and Clarke in 1888, and the type species is Coronura aspectans, which was originally described under the genus Asaphus by Conrad in 1841. The species was described from the Onondaga Formation. [1] Fossils of Coronura have also been found in Indiana, [2] and in the Emsian to Givetian Floresta Formation, Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia. [3]

References

  1. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
  2. Coronura at the Paleobiology Database
  3. Morzadec et al., 2015, p.346

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