# Duftonia

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{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
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'''''Duftonia''''' is a [trilobite](/source/trilobite) in the order [Phacopida](/source/Phacopida), that existed during the upper [Ordovician](/source/Ordovician) in what is now [England](/source/England). It was described by Dean in 1959, and the [type species](/source/type_species) is ''Duftonia lacunosa''. The [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) was the [Dufton Shale Formation](/source/Dufton_Shale_Formation), from which the [generic name](/source/genus) was derived.<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=21548 ''Duftonia''] at the [Paleobiology Database](/source/Paleobiology_Database)

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Category:Dalmanitidae
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1959
Category:Ordovician trilobites
Category:Fossils of Great Britain
Category:Phacopida genera

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