# Dienstina

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{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Upper Devonian}}
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| taxon = Dienstina
| authority = Richter & Richter, 1931
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
* ''Dienstina diensti'' <small>(Richter & Richter, 1923) ([type](/source/Type_(biology)))</small> [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) ''Phacopidella diensti''
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'''''Dienstina''''' is a [trilobite](/source/trilobite) in the order [Phacopida](/source/Phacopida), that existed during the lower [Devonian](/source/Devonian) in what is now [Germany](/source/Germany). It was described by Richter and Richter in 1931, and the [type species](/source/type_species) is ''Dienstina diensti'', which the authors had originally assigned to the genus ''[Phacopidella](/source/Phacopidella)'' in 1923. The [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) was in [Oberscheld](/source/Oberscheld), [Rhenish Massif](/source/Rhenish_Massif).<ref>[http://www.trilobites.info/generic_names_Jell%26Adrain2003.pdf Available Generic Names for Trilobites] P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.</ref><ref name='Treatise'>{{cite book|last= Moore|first= R.C.|year= 1959|title= Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha|publisher= Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press|series= Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology|volume= Part O.|pages=1–560|location= Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas|isbn= 0-8137-3015-5}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21541 ''Dienstina''] at the [Paleobiology Database](/source/Paleobiology_Database)

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Category:Phacopidae
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1931
Category:Devonian trilobites of Europe
Category:Fossils of Germany
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Category:Phacopida genera

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