Forteyops
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Trilobita
| ordo = Phacopida
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| genus= Forteyops
| genus_authority = Pribyl & Vanek in Pribyl et al., 1985
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Forteyops is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, that existed during the lower Ordovician in what is now the United States. It was described by Pribyl and Vanek in 1985, and the type species is Forteyops sexapugia, which was originally described under the genus Kawina by Ross in 1951. The type locality was the Garden City Formation in Utah.[http://www.trilobites.info/generic_names_Jell%26Adrain2003.pdf Available Generic Names for Trilobites] P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21576 Forteyops] at the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 1985
Category:Ordovician trilobites
Category:Fossils of the United States
Category:Ordovician trilobites of North America
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