Dolichometopidae
| Dolichometopidae Temporal range:
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| Athabaskia bithus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Corynexochida |
| Suborder: | †Corynexochina |
| Family: | †Dolichometopidae Walcott, 1916 |
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Dolichometopidae is a family of corynexochid trilobites that lived in the Cambrian, from the lower Botomian to the Dresbachian.[1] It contains the following genera:[2]
- Amphoton
- Bathyuriscus
- Fuchouia
- ?
- ?Hanburia
- Hemirhodon
- Poliellaspis
- Poliellina
- Sinijanella
References[]
- ^ J. John Sepkoski, Jr. (1992). "Taxonomy and stratigraphic ranges of animal families in the Vendian and Cambrian: data and analytical results for Section 11.4". In J. William Schopf & Cornelis Klein (ed.). The Proterozoic biosphere: a multidisciplinary study. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1171–1184. ISBN 978-0-521-36615-1.
- ^ S. M. Gon III. "Order Corynexochida". Retrieved November 17, 2010.
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Categories:
- Dolichometopidae
- Corynexochina
- Trilobite families
- Cambrian trilobites
- Cambrian first appearances
- Miaolingian extinctions
- Corynexochida stubs