Raymondinidae
| Raymondinidae Temporal range: Middle and Upper Cambrian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Ptychopariida |
| Superfamily: | Raymondinacea |
| Family: | Raymondinidae |
| subfamilies | |
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Raymondinidae are the only family in the trilobite superfamily Raymondinacea, which lived during the Middle and Upper Cambrian.
Taxonomy
The Raymondinidae consists of three subfamilies, but is assumed to be polyphyletic.[1]
- Raymondininae (= Pilgrimiidae)
- Cedariniinae
- Cedaria, Cedarina
- Llanoaspidinae
- Llanoaspis, Arcuolimbus, Genevievella, Metisaspis
References
- โ Moore, R.C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. O298โO301. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.