Odontochile

Odontochile
Temporal range:
Odontochile sp., 73mm, collected near Hamar Laghdad, Morocco
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Dalmanitidae
Genus: Odontochile
Hawle & Corda, 1847
Species
  • O. hausmanni (Brongniart, 1822), (type), = Asaphus hausmanni
  • O. cristata Hawle & Corda, 1847
  • O. maccoyi (Barrande)
  • O. seillouensis
  • O. spiniferum
Synonyms

Hausmannia

Odontochile is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, family Dalmanitidae.

These trilobites were fast-moving low-level epifauna and detritivore. They lived in the Devonian period, from 414 to 391 million years ago.