Homalonotidae
Homalonotidae Temporal range:
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Homalonotus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Phacopida |
Suborder: | †Calymenina |
Family: | †Homalonotidae Chapman, 1890 |
Homalonotidae is a family of trilobites that lived from the Ordovician to the Devonian. They are characterised by a shovel-like cephalon (head), and are closely related to the family Calymenidae.[1]
It contains the following genera:[2]
- Arduennella
- Brongniartella
- Burmeisterella
- Burmeisteria
- Digonus
- Dipleura
- Homalonotus
- Trimerus
References[]
- ^ Curtis R. Congreve & Bruce S. Lieberman (2008). "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Ordovician homalonotid trilobites" (PDF). . 1: 24–32.
- ^ S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.
Categories:
- Homalonotidae
- Calymenina
- Trilobite families
- Phacopida stubs