Dolichometopidae

Dolichometopidae
Temporal range: BotomianDresbachian
Athabaskia bithus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Suborder: Corynexochina
Family: Dolichometopidae
Walcott, 1916
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Dolichometopidae is a family of trilobites that lived in the Cambrian, from the lower Botomian to the Dresbachian.[1] It contains the following genera:[2]

  • Aegunaspis
  • Amphoton
  • Anoria
  • Asperocare
  • Athabaskia
  • Athabaskiella
  • Atypicus
  • Basanellus
  • Bathyuriscidella
  • Bathyuriscus
  • Borovikovia
  • Centonella
  • Chilometopus
  • Chilonorria
  • Clavaspidella
  • Corynexochides
  • Deiradonyx
  • Dolicholeptus
  • Dolichometopsis
  • Dolichometopus
  • Drozdoviella
  • Erratobalticus
  • Ezhuangia
  • Fuchouia
  • Glossopleura
  • ?Granularaspis
  • Guraspis
  • ?Hanburia
  • Hemirhodon
  • Horonastes
  • Itydeois
  • Kannoriella
  • Klotziella
  • Lianhuashania
  • Mendospidella
  • Neopoliellina
  • Parapoliella
  • Poliella
  • Poliellaspidella
  • Poliellaspis
  • Poliellina
  • Politinella
  • Polypleuraspis
  • Prosymphysurus
  • Pseudamphoton
  • Ptannigania
  • Saimixiella
  • Sestrostega
  • Shanghaia
  • Sinijanella
  • Suvorovaaspis
  • Undillia
  • Zhenpingaspis

References

  1. J. John Sepkoski, Jr. (1992). "Taxonomy and stratigraphic ranges of animal families in the Vendian and Cambrian: data and analytical results for Section 11.4". In J. William Schopf & Cornelis Klein. The Proterozoic biosphere: a multidisciplinary study. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1171–1184. ISBN 978-0-521-36615-1.
  2. S. M. Gon III. "Order Corynexochida". Retrieved November 17, 2010.


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