Biology:Homalonotidae
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| Homalonotus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| 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]
- 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". The Open Paleontology Journal 1 (1): 24–32. doi:10.2174/1874425700801010024. Bibcode: 2008OPalJ...1...24C. http://paleo.ku.edu/geo/faculty/BSL/24TOPALOJ.pdf.
- ↑ S. M. Gon III. "Order Phacopida". http://www.trilobites.info/ordphacopida.htm. Retrieved November 14, 2010.
Wikidata ☰ Q5887590 entry
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