''Encrinuroides'' is a genus of

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s in the order

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, that existed during the upper

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in what is now

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. It was described by Reed in 1931, and the

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is ''Encrinuroides sexcostata'', which was originally described under the genus ''

Cybele Cybele ( ; Phrygian: ''Matar Kubileya, Kubeleya'' "Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Lydian: ''Kuvava''; ''Kybélē'', ''Kybēbē'', ''Kybelis'') is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the earliest ...

'' by Salter in 1848. It also contains the species, ''Encrinuroides enshiensis'', ''Encrinuroides insularis'', and ''Encrinuroides rarus''. The type locality was in the Sholeshook Limestone Formation.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

Species

* ''Encrinuroides sexcostata'' (Salter, 1848) * ''Encrinuroides enshiensis'' * ''Encrinuroides rarus'' (Walcott, 1877) - Originally assigned to '' Ceraurus''; later moved by Chatterton and Ludvigsen in 1976. * ''Encrinuroides insularis'' Shaw, 1968

References

External links

''Encrinuroides''
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