Cyamella (trilobite)

Cyamella; Temporal range: Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Proetida
Family:	† Rorringtoniidae
Genus:	† Cyamella ; Owens in Owens & Hammann, 1990
Synonyms
	"Cyamops" Owens, 1978;

Last updated November 14, 2025

Cyamella is a genus of proetid trilobites. It was originally described by Robert M. Owens in 1978,^[1] as "Cyamops", a junior homonym of the fly genus Cyamops , but was renamed in 1990.^[2]

References

↑ R. M. Owens (1978). "The trilobite genera Panarchaeogonus Opik, Isbergia Warburg and Cyamops gen. nov. from the Ordovician of Balto-Scandia and the British Isles". Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift . 58 (3): 199–219.
↑ Adrian Popp & Helje Pärnaste (2008). "Morphometric study of the Ordovician proetid trilobite Cyamella stensioei Owens, 1978". In Isabel Rábano, Rodolfo Gozalo & Diego García-Bellido Capdevila (ed.). Advances in Trilobite Research. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero. Vol. 9. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. ISBN 978-84-7840-759-0.

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[1] R. M. Owens (1978). "The trilobite genera Panarchaeogonus Opik, Isbergia Warburg and Cyamops gen. nov. from the Ordovician of Balto-Scandia and the British Isles". Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift . 58 (3): 199–219.

[2] Adrian Popp & Helje Pärnaste (2008). "Morphometric study of the Ordovician proetid trilobite Cyamella stensioei Owens, 1978". In Isabel Rábano, Rodolfo Gozalo & Diego García-Bellido Capdevila (ed.). Advances in Trilobite Research. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero. Vol. 9. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. ISBN 978-84-7840-759-0.

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