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Geesops

Geesops is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Phacopidae. There are about five described species in Geesops.

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Geesops
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Phacopidae
Genus: Geesops
Struve, 1972

Geesops is an extinct genus of trilobites in the family Phacopidae. There are about five described species in Geesops.123

Species

These five species belong to the genus Geesops:

  • Geesops battidohmi
  • Geesops brunopauli
  • Geesops icovellaunae Viersen, Taghon & Magrean, 2019
  • Geesops sparsinodosus
  • Geesops synapticus
References

References

  1. "Geesops". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  2. "The Paleobiology Database, genus Geesops". Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  3. Van Viersen, Allart; Taghon, Peter; Magrean, Benedikt (2019). "Early Middle Devonian trilobites and events in the Nismes – Vireux-Molhain area, southern border of the Dinant Synclinorium (Belgium, northern France)". Geologica Belgica. 22: 23–26.