Damghanampyx is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Raphiophoridae. It has been reported from the Ordovician period of Iran. The name Damghanampix is taken from the city of Damghan in Semnan province of Iran.[1]
| Damghanampyx Temporal range:
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| Damghanampyx from the Lashkark Formation of Damghan, Iran | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Raphiophoridae |
| Genus: | †Damghanampyx Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007 |
| Species: | †D. ginteri
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| †Damghanampyx ginteri Ghobadi Pour, Vidal & Hosseini-Nezhad, 2007
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Description
editDamghanampix had a simple cephalon and a large and prominent glabella, which distinguished itself from all trilobites.[2]
References
edit- ^ Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran". Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN 0016-6995.
- ^ Ghobadi Pour, Mansoureh; Vidal, Muriel; Hosseini-Nezhad, Mahmud (2007-07-01). "An Early Ordovician Trilobite assemblage from the Lashkarak Formation, Damghan area, northern Iran". Geobios. 40 (4): 489–500. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2005.04.007. ISSN 0016-6995.
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