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]

Anchiopsis
Temporal range: Early-Mid Devonian
~412–384 Ma
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Anchiopsis

Delo, 1935

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
  2. ^ Morzadec et al., 2015, p.344
  3. ^ Anchiopsis at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

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  • 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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