Eldredgeops
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Eldredgeops was a genus of trilobite
s in the order Phacopida
, family Phacopina
. They are from the Devonian time period
. This genus has recently been created from a single species derived from Phacops
(originally named Phacops rana milleri) and can be found in limestone deposits in Ohio.
Trilobite
Trilobites are a well-known fossil group of extinct marine arthropods that form the class Trilobita. The first appearance of trilobites in the fossil record defines the base of the Atdabanian stage of the Early Cambrian period , and they flourished throughout the lower Paleozoic era before...
s in the order Phacopida
Phacopida
Phacopida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. It is made up of a morphologically diverse group of related suborders....
, family Phacopina
Phacopina
Phacopina is a suborder including many trilobites.-External links:* - various photos, some of Phacopina...
. They are from the Devonian time period
Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era spanning from the end of the Silurian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya , to the beginning of the Carboniferous Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya...
. This genus has recently been created from a single species derived from Phacops
Phacops
Phacops is a genus of trilobite in the order Phacopida, family Phacopidae that lived in Europe and North American in the Silurian and Devonian periods. It was a rounded animal, with a globosa head and large eyes, and probably fed on detritus...
(originally named Phacops rana milleri) and can be found in limestone deposits in Ohio.