Eldredgeops rana

Eldredgeops rana (formerly Phacops rana) is a species of trilobite from the middle Devonian period. Their fossils are found chiefly in the northeastern United States, and southwestern Ontario.

Eldredgeops rana
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Phacopidae
Genus: Eldredgeops
Species:
E. rana
Binomial name
Eldredgeops rana
(Green, 1832)
Subspecies
  • E. rana rana
  • E. rana africana Burton & Eldredge, 1974
  • E. rana crassituberculata Stumm, 1953
  • E. rana milleri Stewart, 1927
  • E. rana norwoodiensis Stumm, 1953
  • E. rana paucituberculata Eldredge, 1972
  • E. rana tindoufensis Burton & Eldredge, 1974

Because of its abundance and popularity with collectors, Eldredgeops rana was designated the Pennsylvania state fossil by the state's General Assembly on December 5, 1988.


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