# Delops

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'''''Delops''''' is a [trilobite](/source/trilobite) in the order [Phacopida](/source/Phacopida), that existed during the upper [Silurian](/source/Silurian) in what is now [England](/source/England). It was described by Rickards in 1964, and the [type species](/source/type_species) is ''Delops obtusicaudatus'', which was originally described under the genus ''[Phacops](/source/Phacops)'' by Salter in 1849. The [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) was the [Middle Coldwell Beds](/source/Middle_Coldwell_Beds).<ref>[http://www.trilobites.info/generic_names_Jell%26Adrain2003.pdf Available Generic Names for Trilobites] P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21532 ''Delops''] at the [Paleobiology Database](/source/Paleobiology_Database)

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Category:Dalmanitidae
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1964
Category:Silurian trilobites of Europe
Category:Fossils of Great Britain
Category:Phacopida genera

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