| Ampyx | |
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| Ampyx cetsarum group | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Asaphida |
| Family: | †Raphiophoridae |
| Genus: | †Ampyx Dalman, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Ampyx nasutus | |
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Brachyampyx | |
Ampyx is an Ordovician-Silurian genus of Asaphid trilobites of the family Raphiophoridae. Species of Ampyx are characterized by three extended spines on the head-shield, one spine derived from each free cheek, and one spine emanating from the glabellum.[1] Species include Ampyx linleyensis (Lanvirn-Caradoc series).[2]
Species of Ampyx grew to an average length of 1.5 inches (3.8 cm).
- ^ H H Swinnerton - Outlines of Palaeontology, Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd, 1972. ISBN 0-7131-2357-5.
- ^ British Palaeozoic Fossils - Natural History Museum 4th edition 1975. Plate 8. ISBN 0-565-05624-7.