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Kainella
Kainella is an extinct genus of Early Ordovician trilobites in the family Kainellidae, named by Charles D. Walcott in 1925. It is especially associated with Tremadocian faunas of the Central Andean Basin, where species are documented in northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia, and it also occurs in Early Ordovician successions of Laurentia. Kainella-bearing assemblages are used in regional cor...
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Asaphus
Asaphus is a genus of trilobite from the Ordovician period, belonging to the family Asaphidae, with fossils primarily found in the Baltic region including Russia, Estonia, and Sweden. Several species within the genus developed prominent stalked eyes, with Asaphus kowalewskii bearing eyestalks that can reach several centimeters in height. These elongated eyes are thought to have been an adaptation...
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