Homalonotidae

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Homalonotidae
Temporal range: Ordovician–Devonian
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]

References

  1. Curtis R. Congreve & Bruce S. Lieberman (2008). "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Ordovician homalonotid trilobites" (PDF). The Open Paleontology Journal 1: 24–32. 
  2. S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Retrieved November 14, 2010. 


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