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TRILOBITE GENERA AND SPECIES LIST

(for western North America)

 

A to D:

 

 

Achlysopsis Fritz, 1968

        A. liokata Fritz, 1968

        A. hemitora Fritz, 1968

        A. typicum (unconfirmed – please contact us if you know this species)

        A. n. sp. [Chisholm Shale]

        A. n. sp. [Spence Shale]

        A. sp. [Spence Shale]

Aciculolenus Palmer, 1965

        A. palmeri Chatterton & Ludvigsen, 1998

Acidiphorus Raymond, 1925 [Goniotelus Ulrich, 1927 is a junior synonym of Acidiphorus, fide BRETT & WESTROP, 1996]

        A.? lineotuberculatus Fortey and Droser, 1999

        A. sp. (mentioned in Ross, 1951) (formerly Goniotelus sp.)

Agnostotes Opik, 1963

        A. clavata (Lu in Wang, 1964)

Agnostus Brongniart, 1822 [This genus is not recognized in Cambrian of western North America]

        A. bonnerensis Resser, 1938 [is now Peronopis]

        A. brevispinus Deiss, 1939 [is now Peronopis]

        A. hastatus Deiss, 1939 [reassigned to Peronopis montis]

        A. robustus Deiss, 1939 [reassigned to Peronopis montis]
Albertella Walcott, 1908

        A. fritzi Eddy and McCollum, 1998

        A. helena Walcott, 1908
        A. highlandensis Eddy and McCollum, 1998

        A. longwelli Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        A. microps Rasetti, 1951

        A. proveedora Lochman 1952
        A. schenki Resser, 1945

        A. spectrensis Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        A. ? sp. [Langston Fm., Spence Shale]

        A. sp. [Pioche Shale - not sure which species this is]

        A. ? sp. (Metaline Fm.)
Albertellina Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        A. aspinosa Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

Albertelloides Fritz, 1968

        A. dispar (Resser, 1939b)

        A. kitai Eddy and McCollum, 1998

        A. maladensis (Resser, 1939b)

        A. mischi Fritz, 1968

        A. pandispinata Fritz, 1968
        A. rectimarginatus Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979
        A. cf. rectimarginatus Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        A. sp. [Twin Knobs Fm.]

Alokistocare Lorenz, 1906

        A. charax

        A. harrisi (see Altiocculus harrisi)

        A. idahoense (see Amecephalus idahoense)

        A. laticaudum (see Amecephalus laticaudum)

        A. pananotatum Rasetti, 1951

        A. scapegoatensis Deiss, 1939a [Montana]

        A. septum Resser, 1939a

        A. spencense

        A. subcoronatum (Hall & Whitfield, 1877)

        A. swasii (Sundberg, 1994)

        A. sp. [Wheeler Shale]

        A. sp. [Chisholm Fm.]

Alokistocarella Resser, 1938b

        A. brighamensis Resser 1939b

        A. mexicana Lochman, 1952 [Arrojos Fm., Caborca, Mexico]

        A. occidens Resser 1939b

        A. spencei Resser, 1939a

Altiocculus Sundberg, 1994

        A. concavus Sundberg, 1994

        A. drumensis Sundberg, 1994

        A. harrisi (Robison, 1971)

        A. sp. [Wheeler Shale]

        A. sp. [Marjum Fm.]

Amblycranium Ross, 1951

        A. cornutum Ross, 1951

        A.? populus Ross, 1951

        A. variabile Ross, 1951

Amecephalites Eddy and McCollum, 1998

        A. sundbergi Eddy and McCollum, 1998

Amecephalus Walcott, 1924 (includes Strotocephalus Resser, 1935)

        A. agnesensis (Walcott, 1917b)

        A. alta Fritz, 1968

        A. althea Walcott, 1916 [Arrojos Fm., Caborca, Mexico]

        A. arrojosensis (Lochman, 1952) [Arrojos Fm., Caborca, Mexico; Carrara, Emigrant, Monola, and Pioche formations in the southern Great Basin]

        A. cleora (Walcott, 1917b)

        A. diffundatus

        A. gordonensis (Resser, 1935) [=S. gordonensis Resser, 1935]

        A. idahoense (Resser 1939a) (not idahoensis)

        A. laticaudum (Resser 1939a)

        A. modestum (Lochman, 1952) [Arrojos Fm., Caborca, Mexico]

        A. packi (Resser, 1935)

        A. piochensis (Walcott, 1886)

        A. sp. A Sundberg and McCollum, 2000

        A. sp. unident.

        A. sp. [Chisholm Shale]

        A. sp. (Glossopleura Zone, Washington)

        n. sp. aff. Piochaspis [Chisholm Shale]

        A. n. spp. [Spence Shale]

        A. sp. 1 [Spence Shale]

        A.? sp. [Twin Knobs Fm.]

Amechilus Ross, 1951

        A. palaora Ross, 1951

Ameropiltonia

        A perplexa Brezinski, 2000

Ameura

        A. sangamonensis (Meek & Worthen)

Ammagnostus Opik, 1967

        A. beltensis

Ampyxina Ulrich, 1922 (or Ampyxoides? Whittington, 1965)

        A. n. sp. [Antelope Valley / Ninemile Fms.]

Ampyxoides Whittington, 1965

        A. cf. occipitalis Dean, 1973

        A. trigranulatus Palmer, 1960

Anomalocephalus Deiss, 1939 [Montana] [= Ehmaniella, fide HOWELL in MOORE, 1959]

        A. ornatus Deiss, 1939 [= Ehmaniella ornatus (Deiss, 1939)] [Montana]

Anomocare Angelin, 1851

        A. sp. [Langston Fm., Spence Shale]

Anoria Walcott, 1924

        A. baton Walcott, 1916b [Montana]

        A. tontoensis (Walcott, 1916) [Arizona]

Apatolichas Whittington, 1963

        A. cf. jukesi (Billings, 1865)

        A. sp. [Antelope Valley Fm.]

Aphelaspis [Labiostria is a junior synonym of Aphelaspis, fide PALMER, 1965, although this is debated (see Chatterton & Ludvigsen, 1998)]
        A. westropi (Labiostria westropi)

Arapahoia

        A. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

Archaeaspis Repina in Khomentovskii and Repina, 1965

        A. macropleuron Lieberman, 2002

        A. nelsoni Lieberman, 2002

Arcuolenellus Palmer & Repina, 1993

        A. arcuatis (Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979)

        A. cf. megafrontalis (Vaccari)

Asaphellina Munier-Chalmas & Bergeron in Bergeron, 1889

        A.? sp. Ross, 1951

Asaphellus Callaway, 1877

        A.? eudocia (Walcott, 1925)

        A.? sp. A Ross, 1951

        A.? sp. B Ross, 1951

Asaphiscus Meek, 1873

        A. wheeleri Meek, 1873

Aspidagnostus

        A. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

Athabaskia Raymond, 1928
        A. belus (Walcott, 1916b) [
Montana]

        A. bithus (Walcott, 1916)

        A. howelli (Walcott, 1886)

        A. wasatchensis (Resser, 1939b)

        A. n. sp.

        A. n. sp. [Spence Shale]

Australosutura

        A. llanoensis Brezinski, 1998

        A. sp. (in Brezinski, 2000)

Baltagnostus Lochman in Lochman & Duncan, 1944

        B. eurypyx

Basilicus Salter, 1849

        B.? sp. Ross, 1951

Bathynotus Hall, 1860

        B. holopygus (Hall, 1859)

Bathyocos Sundberg, 1994

        B. housensis Sundberg, 1994

Bathyuriscidella Rasetti, 1948

        B. amplicauda

Bathyuriscus Meek, 1873

        B. adaeus Walcott, 1916

        B. atossa Walcott, 1916 [Spence Shale, Idaho]

        B. brighamensis Resser 1939a

        B. elegans

        B. fimbriatus Robison, 1964

        B. formosis Deiss, 1939 = B. haydeni Meek, 1873 [fida Robison, 1964]

        B. haydeni Meek, 1873 [Montana]

        B. rotundatus (Rominger, 1887)

        B. rugosus Deiss, 1939 = B. haydeni Meek, 1873 [fida Robison, 1964]

        B. wasatchensis (Resser 1939b)

        B. sp. [Metaline Fm.]

Bellefontia Ulrich in Walcott, 1924b

        B. acuminiferentis Ross, 1951

        B. chamberlaini Clark, 1935

        B. cf. B. chamberlaini Clark, 1935 (Manitou Fm.)

Benthamaspis Poulsen, 1946

        B. sera Fortey and Droser, 1999

Biceratops Pack & Gayle, 1971

        B. nevadensis Pack & Gayle, 1971 [Type from the Bright Angle Shale, Nevada & Arizona]

Bienvillia Clark, 1924

        B. papulosa (Fortey, 1974)

Blountia

        B. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

Bolaspidella Resser, 1937b

        B. contracta Robison, 1964

        B. drumensis Robison, 1964

        B. housensis (Walcott, 1886)

        B. resseri (Miller, 1936) [Pika Fm.]

        B. wellsvillensis (Lochman & Denson, 1944)

        B. n. sp. [Marjum Fm.]

        B. sp. [Marjum Formation]

        B. sp.

Bolaspis Resser, 1935

        B. globulifera Deiss, 1939 [Montana]
        B. grandis
Deiss, 1939 [
Montana]

        B. labrosa (Walcott, 1916) [All of the Deiss 1939 species should be synonymized]
        B. minuta
Deiss, 1939 [
Montana]
        B.? unica
Deiss, 1939 [
Montana]
        B. vera
Deiss, 1939 [
Montana]
Bolbolenellus Palmer & Repina, 1993

        B. brevispinus Palmer, 1998 [Type from the Pioche Shale, eastern Nevada and reported by Sundberg & McCollum, 2003b from the Emigrant Formation, western Nevada]

        B. euryparia (Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979) [=O. euryparia Palmer, in Palmer & Halley 1979]

        B. n. sp. 1 [Carrara Fm.]

Bonnia Walcott, 1916

        B. caperata Palmer, 1964

        B. copia Fritz, 1968

        B. sp. (see Fritz, 1992) [Mural Fm.]

Brachyaspidion Miller, 1936

        B. microps Robison, 1971

        B. sulcatum Robison, 1964

Brachymetopus

        B. indianwellensis Brezinski, 2000

        B.  cf. pseudometopina Gauri and Ramovs [Mount Mark Fm.]

Bradyfallotaspis Fritz, 1972

        Gen. aff. B. sp. (see Fritz, 1992) [Mural Fm.]
Breviphillipsia

        B. semeretis Hessler, 1963

        B. sp. (Baird Fm.)

Bristolia Harrington, 1956

        B. anteros Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        "Bristolia" brachyoma (Palmer)

        B. bristolensis (Resser, 1928)

        B. fragilis Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979
        B. harringtoni Lieberman, 1999
        B. insolens (Resser, 1928)
        B. mohavensis (Resser, 1928) (not sure about the correct author, spelling, or generic assessment of this species)

        B.  mohavensis (Crickway, 1933) = Olenellus mojavensis (Crickway, 1933)

        "B." mohavensis (Resser, 1928)

        B. n. sp. (Mount, 1980, fig. 16) [Latham Shale]

        B.  n. sp. 1  [Carrara Fm.]

        B.  n. sp. 2  [Carrara Fm.]

        B.  n. sp. 3  [Carrara Fm.]

        B.  n. sp. 4  [Carrara Fm.]

        B.  n. sp. 5 [Carrara Fm.]

Burlingia Walcott, 1908

        B. sp. [Swasey Formation]

Burnetiella Lochman, 1958

        B. leechi Chatterton & Ludvigsen, 1998

Bynumina

        B. globosa (Walcott)

Bynumiella [Bynumiella is a junior synonym of Clelandia, fide PALMER, 1965]

        B.? acuminata Palmer, 1960 [=Clelandia acuminata]

Bythicheilus Resser, 1939a

        B. alveatum Resser, 1939a [Fritz, 1968, p. 229 notes that B. alveatum may be conspecific with the type, B. typicum]

        B. typicum Resser, 1939a

Caborcella Lochman, 1948

        C. arrojosensis Lochman, 1948

        C. collaris Rasetti, 1951

        C. pseudaulax Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        C. reducta Palmer in Palmer & Halley, 1979

        C. n. sp. [Spence Shale]

        C. sp. [Langston Fm., Spence Shale]

Cambroinyoella Lieberman, 2001

        C. wallacei Lieberman, 2001

Carolinites Kobayashi, 1940

        C. angustagena (= sibiricus)

        C. genacinaca Ross, 1951

        Carolinites sp. aff. C. genacinaca Ross, 1951 [Fillmore Fm.]

        C. sibiricus Chugaeva, 1964

        C. n. sp. (see Fortey and Droser, 1999) [Antelope Valley Fm.]

Cedaria Walcott, 1924

        C. minor (Walcott, 1916)

        [C. sp. (Weeks Fm.)] = "Gerospina schachti"

Cernuolimbus

        C. depressus Palmer, 1960

        C. orygmatos Palmer, 1960

        C. semigranulosus Palmer, 1960

Chancia Walcott, 1924

        C. angusta (Resser, 1939a)

        C. coriacea (Resser, 1939a)

        C. ebdome Walcott, 1924

        C. cf. ebdome Walcott, 1924

        C. evax Walcott, 1924

        C. venusta (Resser, 1939b)

Chanciaopsis Sundberg, 1994

        C. heteromorphos Sundberg, 1994

Cheilocephalus

        C. sp. [Dunderberg Fm.]

Cheirurus Beyrich, 1845

        C. cf. C. insignus Beyrich

        C. cf. C. niagarensis (of Norford, 1962) = Radiurus avalanchensis

“Chiasmacantha” (not formally published (in Beebe,1990, unpublished dissertation))

        “C. cecrops” (not formally published (in Beebe,1990, unpublished dissertation))

Cirquella

        C. nelsoni

Clappaspis Deiss, 1939 [This genus is a junior synonym of Ehmaniella]

        [C. concava] = Ehmaniella concava
        [C. convexa] = Ehmaniella convexa

        [C. coriacea] = Ehmaniella coriacea

        [C. dotis] = Ehmaniella dotis
        [C. hebetis] = Ehmaniella hebetis

        [C. idahoensis] = Ehmaniella idahoensis

        [C. lanata] = Ehmaniella lanata
        [C. lickensis] = Ehmaniella lickensis
        [C. mcnairi] = Ehmaniella mcnairi
        [C. obscura] = Ehmaniella obscura
        [C. papulata] = Ehmaniella papulata
        [C. singularis] = Ehmaniella singularis

        [C. spencei] = Ehmaniella spencei
        [C. striata] = Ehmaniella striata
        [C. typica] = Ehmaniella typica

Clavaspidella Poulsen, 1927 [Many species of this genus were reassigned to Athabaskia]

        C. anax

        C. bela

        C. bithus

Clelandia Cossman, 1902 [=Bynumiella] [Bynumiella is a junior synonym of Clelandia, fide PALMER, 1965]

        C. acuminata

        C. utahensis Ross, 1951

Cliffia Wilson, 1951

        C. cf. latagenae (Wilson, 1949)

Cloacaspis Fortey, 1974

        C. tesselata Fortey and Droser, 1999

Coelaspis Deiss, 1939 [This genus is a junior synonym of Elrathiella]

        C. prima Deiss, 1939 [Montana]

Comptonaspis

        C. swallowi (Shumard, 1855)

Coosella Lochman, 1936

        C. sp. type 1 [Weeks Fm.]

        C. sp. type 2 [Weeks Fm.]

Corynexochides Rasetti, 1948

        C. prolatus Frizt, 1968

Crassifimbra Lochman, 1947

        C. walcotti Resser, 1937

        C. n. sp. (see Mount, 1980) [Carrara Fm.]

        C. sp. (Bonnia-Olenellus Biozone, Inyo-White Mts.)
Crusoia
C. cebes

Cybelopsis Poulsen, 1927

        C. cf. C. speciosus Poulsen, 1927

Cybelurus Levitsky, 1962

        C. halo Fortey, 1980

Daguinaspis
Delamarina Eddy and McCollum, 1998

        D. brevispinaspis Eddy and McCollum, 1998

Deltina Sundberg, 1994

       D. angustigena Sundberg, 1994

       D. limba Sundberg, 1994

“Democephalus” (not formally published (in Beebe,1990, unpublished dissertation))

        “D. granulatus(not formally published (in Beebe,1990, unpubl. dissertation)) = "Genevievella" granulatus (Walcott, 1916) (in Shanan Peters dissertation, 2003, unpubl.)

Densonella Shaw, 1952 (Densonella is a j.s.s. of Menomonia, fide PRATT, 1992)

        [D. semele] (Walcott, 1916) = Menomonia semele

        [D. sp.] (Weeks Fm., not yet described) = Menomonia sp.

Dicanthopyge

        ?D. sp. (McKay Group)

Dicranopeltis

        D. cf. C. decipiens (Weller, 1907)

Dimeropygiella Ross, 1951

        D. caudanodosa Ross, 1951

Ditomopyge

        D. parvulus (Girty)

Dixiphopyge

        D. armata (Vogdes, 1891)

Dokimocephalus

        D. pernasutus Walcott

Dorypyge Dames, 1883

        D. swasii Sundberg, 1994

        D. n. sp. [SpenceShale]

Dresbachia Walcott, 1916

        D. amata Walcott, 1916

        D. sp. (Weeks Fm.)

Dunderbergia

        D. bigranulosa n. sp. Palmer, 1960

        D. nitida (Hall and Whitfield)

        D. polybothra n. sp. Palmer, 1960

        D. variagranula Palmer

 

 

 

 

*Note: not all of the species are valid and errors in synonomy will be present. We do our best to keep up to date, but it is difficult to locate all changes. Also, not all of the authors' names are included, and may not be correct with respect to (brackets) for generic name changes. Please excuse any mistakes, as this species list is a meant as a first guide only.

 

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