Biology:Homalonotidae

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Homalonotidae
Temporal range: Ordovician–Middle Devonian
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Homalonotus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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]


Reconstruction of Trimerus delphinocephalus, the exoskeleton of which was probably fringed with many sensory hairs called Setae.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5887590 entry