Extinct genus of trilobites
Cordania
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Cordania
Clarke 1892
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Species
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- C. buicki (Australia)
- C. falcata (USA)
- C. gasepiou (Colombia)
- C. junggarensis (China)
- C. transversus (China)
- C. wessmani (USA)
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Cordania is an extinct genus of trilobites that lived from the Early to Middle Devonian.[1]
Distribution
Fossils of Cordania have been found in Australia,[citation needed] China,[citation needed] Morocco and the United States (Oklahoma).[1] Also in the Emsian-Givetian Floresta Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, fossils of Cordania have been found.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Morzadec, Pierre; Mergl, Michal; Villarroel, Carlos; Janvier, Philippe; Racheboeuf, Patrick R. (2015), "Trilobites and inarticulate brachiopods from the Devonian Floresta Formation of Colombia: a review" (PDF), Bulletin of Geosciences, 90: 331–358, doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1515, retrieved 2017-04-04
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