Anchiopsis

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Anchiopsis is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, which existed in what is now New York, U.S.A. It was described by Delo in 1935, and the type species is Anchiopsis anchiops, which was originally described as Calymene anchiops by Green in 1832.[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Artiopoda
Class:Trilobita
Order:Phacopida
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Anchiopsis
Temporal range: Early-Mid Devonian
~412–384 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Dalmanitidae
Genus: Anchiopsis
Delo, 1935
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Distribution

Fossils of Anchiopsis have been found in Canada (Ontario), Colombia (Floresta Formation, Floresta, Boyacá),[2] and the United States (Indiana and New York).[3]

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