''Eodindymene'' is a genus of
trilobites in the order
Phacopida, that existed during the upper
Ordovician in what is now
Sweden
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. It was described by Kielan in 1960, and the
type species in ''Eodindymene pulchra'', which was originally described under the genus ''
Dindymene
Dindymene ( grc, Δινδυμήνη), in ancient Phrygian mythology, is one of the names of Cybele, mother of the gods.
Temples to Dindymene were built in parts of ancient Ionia, such as Magnesia on the Maeander.
The name may have been derived ...
'' by Olin in 1906. The
type locality was the
Tretaspis Shale Formation in
Scania.
Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.
References
External links
''Eodindymene''
at the Paleobiology Database
Phacopida genera
Fossil taxa described in 1960
Fossils of Sweden
Ordovician trilobites
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