# Digonus

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{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Lower Devonian}}
| image = Digonus ornatus 34.jpg
| image_caption = ''Digonus ornatus''
| taxon = Digonus
| authority = Gurich, 1909
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}

'''''Digonus''''' is a genus of [trilobite](/source/trilobite)s 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 Gurich in 1909, and the [type species](/source/type_species) is ''Digonus gigas'', which was originally described under the genus ''[Homalonotus](/source/Homalonotus)'' by Roemer in 1843. It also contains the species ''Digonus accraensis'' and ''Digonus noticus'' (both of which were formerly placed in ''[Burmeisteria](/source/Burmeisteria)''), ''Digonus vialai'', and ''Digonus zemmourensis''. The [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) was in the [Harz](/source/Harz) mountains.<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=21542 ''Digonus''] at the [Paleobiology Database](/source/Paleobiology_Database)

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Category:Homalonotidae
Category:Phacopida genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1909
Category:Devonian trilobites of Europe
Category:Fossils of Germany

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