Dindymene Hawle and Corda 1847 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Synonym: Cornovica Whittard 1960

Parent taxon: Dindymeninae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1991

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Dindymene brevicaudata Dindymene fridericiaugusti Dindymene longicaudata Dindymene megacranidia Dindymene ornata Dindymene ovalis Dindymene plasi Dindymene whittingtoni

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Type: Dindymene fridericiaugusti

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Japan (1 collection)

• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (2)

• Arenig of the United Kingdom (1)

• Ordovician of China (2), the Czech Republic (3), Ireland (1), Kazakhstan (2), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (8), United States (1: Maine)

Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences

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