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Deiphon
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Deiphon is a distinctive genus of Silurian phacopid trilobites of the family Cheiruridae found in Western and Central Europe, and in Central and Eastern United States. The type species, D. forbesi, from England, Bohemia, and Sweden, was discovered and described by the French paleontologist, Joachim Barrande in 1850.
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Deiphon | |
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Deiphon forbesi type species (left) & D. barrandei (right) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Phacopida |
Family: | †Cheiruridae |
Genus: | †Deiphon Barrande, 1850 |
Type species | |
Deiphon forbesi | |
Species | |
D. americanus |
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