Dalmanites
Sign in to saveDalmanites is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida. They lived from the Late Ordovician to Middle Devonian. It was named for the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Dalman.
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Dalmanites is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida. They lived from the Late Ordovician to Middle Devonian. It was named for the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Dalman.
The trilobites of this genus have slightly convex exoskeletons with an average length of . The cephalon is semicircular or parabolic. The glabella (center portion of the head) is often pear-shaped, and tapers outward toward the front. The glabella also always contains three pairs of obvious glabellar furrows. Also prominent are the large mosaic (schizochroal) eyes.
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DalmanitidaeDevonian ColombiaDevonian trilobitesDevonian trilobites of South AmericaFloresta FormationFossils of ColombiaFossil taxa described in 1852Jeffersonville LimestoneLate Ordovician first appearancesMiddle Devonian genus extinctionsOrdovician trilobitesPaleozoic life of New BrunswickPaleozoic life of Nova ScotiaPaleozoic life of OntarioPaleozoic life of QuebecPhacopida generaSilurian trilobitesTaxa named by Joachim BarrandeTrilobites of North America