Damghanampyx

Damghanampyx Temporal range: 485.4–470.0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Damghanampyx from the Lashkark Formation of Damghan, Iran
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Asaphida
Family:	† Raphiophoridae
Genus:	† Damghanampyx Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007
Species:	†D. ginteri
Binomial name
†Damghanampyx ginteri Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007

Damghanampyx is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Raphiophoridae. It has been reported from the Ordovician period of Iran. The generic name Damghanampix is a compound crassis word taking the city of Damghan in Semnan province of Iran as a prefix to Ampyx . ^[1]

Description

Damghanampix had a simple cephalon and a large and prominent glabella, which distinguished itself from all trilobites. ^[2]

References

1. Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran" . Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN   0016-6995.
2. Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran" . Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN   0016-6995.