Homalonotidae Temporal range: Ordovician–Devonian |
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Homalonotus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Order: | Phacopida |
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]