Cryptolithus
Cryptolithus is a genus of extinct epifaunal, suspension-feeding, trinucleid trilobites that lived during the Ordovician period. They were mostly blind. They are found in the United States, Canada, Venezuela, the United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic, Morocco and Turkey.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cryptolithus tesselatus
speciesCryptolithus tesselatus
Cryptolithus recurvus
speciesCryptolithus recurvus
Cryptolithus lorettensis
speciesCryptolithus lorettensis
Cryptolithus bellulus
speciesCryptolithus bellulus
Cryptolithus welleri
speciesCryptolithus welleri
Cryptolithus multiseriatus
speciesCryptolithus multiseriatus
Cryptolithus terryi
speciesCryptolithus terryi
Cryptolithus fittsi
speciesCryptolithus fittsi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1032292.