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{{Short description|Genus of trilobites}}
{{For|the hexapod order|Diplura}}
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{{Taxobox
|fossil_range = [[Ordovician|Late Ordovician]]-[[Devonian|Mid Devonian]]<br />~{{Fossil range|460|383}}
| image = Dipleura dekayi 2.jpg
| image_caption = Fossil of ''D. dekayi'' from [[United States]], on display at [[Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée]] in Paris
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[trilobite|Trilobita]]
| ordo = [[Phacopida]]
| familia = [[Homalonotidae]]
| genus = '''''Dipleura'''''
| genus_authority = Green, 1832
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
| type_species = ''D. dekayi''
}}
'''''Dipleura''''' is a genus of [[trilobite]]s in the order [[Phacopida]]. It was described by Green in 1832, and the [[type species]] is ''Dipleura dekayi''. The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] was in the [[Hamilton Group]] in [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>[http://www.trilobites.info/generic_names_Jell%26Adrain2003.pdf Available Generic Names for Trilobites] P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.</ref>
These fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivores lived during the middle [[Devonian]] and [[Ordovician]] periods from 460.9 to 383.7 Ma.<ref name=fb>{{cite web|url=http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class|title=Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Trilobita|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105180529/https://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class|archivedate=November 5, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Distribution ==
Fossils of this genus have been found in the [[Devonian]] of France, Libya and [[United States]], as well as in the [[Ordovician]] of [[United States]].<ref name=FWDipleura>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21544 ''Dipleura''] at the [[Paleobiology Database]]</ref> Also in the [[Emsian]]-[[Givetian]] [[Floresta Formation]] of the [[Altiplano Cundiboyacense]], [[Colombia]], fossils of ''Dipleura'' have been found.<ref name=Morzadec>Morzadec et al., 2015, p.340</ref>
== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
* {{citation |last1=Morzadec |first1=Pierre |last2=Mergl |first2=Michal |last3=Villarroel |first3=Carlos |last4=Janvier |first4=Philippe |last5=Racheboeuf |first5=Patrick R. |year=2015 |title=Trilobites and inarticulate brachiopods from the Devonian Floresta Formation of Colombia: a review |url=http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/fulltext/1515_Morzadec.pdf |journal=[[Bulletin of Geosciences]] |volume=90 |pages=331–358 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1515 |accessdate=2017-04-04}}
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[[Category:Homalonotidae]]
[[Category:Phacopida genera]]
[[Category:Devonian trilobites]]
[[Category:Silurian trilobites]]
[[Category:Ordovician trilobites]]
[[Category:Devonian animals of Africa]]
[[Category:Devonian trilobites of Europe]]
[[Category:Fossils of France]]
[[Category:Trilobites of North America]]
[[Category:Ordovician United States]]
[[Category:Devonian United States]]
[[Category:Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Devonian trilobites of South America]]
[[Category:Devonian Colombia]]
[[Category:Fossils of Colombia]]
[[Category:Darriwilian first appearances]]
[[Category:Middle Devonian genus extinctions]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1832]]
[[Category:Floresta Formation]]
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