Duftonia

Genus of trilobites

Duftonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Phacopida
Family:
Dalmanitidae
Genus:
Duftonia

Dean, 1959

Duftonia is a trilobite in the order Phacopida, that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now England. It was described by Dean in 1959, and the type species is Duftonia lacunosa. The type locality was the Dufton Shale Formation, from which the generic name was derived.[1]

References

  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

External links

  • Duftonia at the Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Duftonia
  • Wikidata: Q5312422
  • GBIF: 4632955
  • IRMNG: 1295612
  • Paleobiology Database: 21548
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