Greenops — Greenops
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Trilobite

Greenops

Devonian trilobite

Greenops is a small Middle Devonian acastid with a fringe of pleural spines on the pygidium, found with Eldredgeops in the Silica Formation, the Hamilton Group of New York and Pennsylvania. Complete Greenops are far scarcer than Eldredgeops and are a good find at Penn Dixie or Sylvania. Its spiny tail distinguishes it at a glance.

PhylumArthropoda
ClassTrilobita
OrderPhacopida
FamilyAcastidae
GroupTrilobite
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorDelo 1935· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Arthropoda › Trilobita › Phacopida › Acastidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)411–372 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences193· Paleobiology Database

Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Greenops" (Taxon). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19. https://stratum.black/study/taxa/greenops. Accessed 2026-09-20.

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  title        = {Greenops},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/taxa/greenops}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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