Cambrian
Ordovician
Silurian
Devonian
Mississippian,
Pennsylvanian &
Permian
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The Ordovician Period
With the dawn of the Ordovician Period new families of trilobites appeared. They continued to remain stable through the Lower and Middle Ordovician, with a steady decline during the Upper Ordovician
Paraszechuanella szechuanensis
Age: L. Ordovician
Location: China
Placoparia borni
Location: Spain
Prionocheilus mendax
Location: Portugal
Salterocoryphe salteri
Location: Portugal
Colpocoryphe roualti
Location: Spain
Asaphus raniceps
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Russia
Asaphus kowalewski
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Russia
Calyptaulax callicephalus
Formation: Verulam
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Ontario
Flexicalymene meeki
Formation: Waynesville
Age: U. Ordovician
Location: Ohio
Flexicalymene senaria
Formation: Verulam
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Canada
Diacalymene ouzregui
Age: L. Ordovician
Location: Morocco
Selenopeltis bucchii
Age: U. Ordovician
Location: Morocco
Illaenus sarsi
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Sweden
Homotelus bromidensis
Formation: Bromide
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Oklahoma
Ogygiocarella debuchii
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Wales
Pseudogygites latimarginatus
Formation: L. Whitby
Age: M/U Ordovician
Location: Canada
Isotelus maximus
Formation: Arnheim
Age: U. Ordovician
Location: Ohio
Isotelus maximus
Formation: Arnheim
Age: U. Ordovician
Location: Ohio
Pliomera fischeri
Age: M. Ordovician
Location: Russia
Ampyxina bellatula
Formation: Maquoketa
Age: U. Ordovician
Location: Missouri
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Ordovician
Trilobites
490-443 MYA
Cambrian
Ordovician
Silurian
Devonian
Mississippian,
Pennsylvanian &
Permian