Homalonotidae
| 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]
- Arduennella
- Brongniartella
- Burmeisterella
- Burmeisteria
- Digonus
- Dipleura
- Eohomalonotus
- Homalonotus
- Huemacaspis
- Iberocoryphe
- Kerfornella
- Leiostegina
- Parahomalonotus
- Plaesiacomia
- Platycoryphe
- Scabrella
- Trimerus
References
- ↑ Curtis R. Congreve & Bruce S. Lieberman (2008). "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of Ordovician homalonotid trilobites" (PDF). The Open Paleontology Journal 1: 24–32.
- ↑ S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". Retrieved November 14, 2010.
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