Hypodicranotus
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{{Taxobox
| name = Hypodicranotus
| fossil_range = Middle Ordovician
| image = Hypodicranotus striatulus.JPG
| image_caption = Artist's reconstruction
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Trilobita
| ordo = Asaphida
| familia = Remopleurididae
| genus = Hypodicranotus
| genus_authority = Whittington, 1952
| species = H. striatulus
| binomial = Hypodicranotus striatulus
| binomial_authority = (Walcott, 1875)
| synonyms = Remopleurides striatulus Walcott, 1875
}}
Hypodicranotus striatulus is an extinct, pelagic trilobite in the order Asaphida, of the family Remopleuridae. Its fossils are found in Middle Ordovician-aged marine strata in New York State, United States, and in Ontario, Canada.
The dorsal exoskeleton of H. striatulus is very similar to the related genus, Remopleurides, but, H. striatulus has a comparatively enormous, forked hypostome.
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21605 Hypodicranotus] at the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Ordovician trilobites of North America
Category:Fossils of the United States
Category:Paleontology in Ontario
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Category:Paleozoic life of Quebec
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