Dudleyaspis

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Short description|Genus of trilobites}} {{automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Middle Silurian-Late Devonian, {{Fossil range|Homerian|Frasnian}} | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Dudleyaspis | authority = Prantl & Pribyl, 1949 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *{{extinct}}''Dudleyaspis'' (''Dudleyaspis'') ''hamrensis'' Ramsköld, 1984 *{{extinct}}''Dudleyaspis'' (''Snoderaspis'') ''quinquespinosa'' Campbell, 1967 (Lake, 1896) *{{extinct}}''Dudleyaspis'' (''Dudleyaspis'') ''uncifera'' Ramsköld, 1984 *{{extinct}}''Dudleyaspis'' (''Dudleyaspis'') ''uncifera'' Ramsköld, 1984 }} '''''Dudleyaspis''''' (meaning "Dudley shield") is an extinct genus of Lower to Middle Devonian odontopleurid trilobites that lived in a shallow sea that lay between Euramerica and Gondwana.<ref name=Rams84>Ramsköld, L. (1984). Silurian Odontopleurid trilobites from Gotland. ''Palaeontology'' 27, 2, 239–264.</ref> It was named in 1949 by Prantl & Pribyl.<ref>F. Prantl and A. Pribyl. (1949). On the genus ''Symphysurus'' Goldfuss and allied forms from the Ordovician of Bohemia (Trilobitae). ''Véstník Královské Ceské Spole ností Nauk Trída mat''.-pfír 12:1–16</ref>

Fossils of ''Dudleyaspis'' have been found in the following locations: *Australia: Bathurst (Jesse Limestone<ref>Wright A. J., Chatterton B. D. E. (1988) Early Devonian trilobites from the Jesse Limestone, New South Wales, Australia, ''Journal of Paleontology'' 62 1, 93–103</ref>), Mudgee (Flirtation Hill<ref>Chatterton B. D. E., Wright A. J. (1986) Silicified Early Devonian trilobites from Mudgee, New South Wales, ''Alcheringa'' 10 3, 279–296</ref>) and Murrumbateman (Black Bog Formation – Yarwood Siltstone Member<ref>Strusz D. L., Garratt M. J. (1999) Australian communities, Paleocommunities – a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 177–199</ref>) *Canada: Northwest Territories (Mackenzie Mountains – Delorme and Whittaker Formations<ref>Edgecombe G. D. (1994) New Lower Silurian (Llandovery) encrinurine trilobites from the Mackenzie Mountains, Canada, ''Journal of Paleontology'' 68 4, 824–837</ref><ref>Ludvigsen R. (1975) Ordovician formations and faunas, southern Mackenzie Mountains, ''Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences'' 12, 663–697</ref>) and Nunavut (Bailie-Hamilton and Cornwallis Islands – Cape Phillips Formation<ref>Adrain J. M., Edgecombe G. D. (1997) Silurian encrinurine trilobites from the central Canadian Arctic, ''Palaeontographica Canadiana'' 14, 1–38</ref>) *Czech Republic: Prague (Loc. 5.2 – C. colonus Zone<ref>Kíž J. (1992) Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia, National Museum of Wales, ''Geological Series'' 13, 1–111</ref>) *England: Cannock (Shelve District<ref>Williams, A. (1974.) Ordovician Brachiopoda from the Shelve District, Shropshire, ..Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology).., Supplement 11, 1–158</ref>) and Dudley (Wren's Nest – Much Wenlock Limestone Formation<ref>Curtis N.J., Lane P.D. (1997) The Llandovery trilobites of England and Wales. Part 1, ''Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society'' 151, 1–50</ref>) *France: Coumiac (Coumiac quarry – Coumiac Formation<ref>Klapper G., Feist R., et al (1993) Definition of the Frasnian/Famennian Stage boundary, ''Episodes'' 16 4, 433–441</ref><ref>House M. R., Becker R. T., et al (2000) The Frasnian/Famennian boundary GSSP at Coumiac, southern France, ''Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg'' 225, 59–75</ref>) *Sweden: western Gotland (Visby – Rönnklint sea cliff and Kättelviken<ref name=Rams84 />) *United States: Illinois (Chicago – Racine Dolomite<ref name=Mikulic99 /> and Kankakee – Racine Dolomite<ref name=Mikulic99 />), Iowa (Hopkinton Dolomite<ref>Mikulic D. G. (1981) Trilobites in Paleozoic carbonate buildups, ''Lethaia'' 14 1, 45–56</ref>), Oklahoma (Anadarko – Henryhouse Formation<ref>Amsden T. W. (1975) Hunton Group of the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma:, ''Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin'' 121, 1–301</ref>) and Wisconsin (Milwaukee – Racine Dolomite<ref name=Mikulic99>Mikulic D. G. (1999) Silurian trilobite associations in North America, Paleocommunities—a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 793–798</ref>) == References == {{reflist}}

Category:Odontopleuridae Category:Odontopleurida genera Category:Fossil taxa described in 1949